JMdict: 1239910

曲者 【くせもの】

  1. [n] ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow
  2. [n] peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow
  3. [n] tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
  4. [n] expert; master; highly skilled person
  5. [n] goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter
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Kanji in this word:

Kanji Meanings On Readings Kun Readings
Bend, Music, Melody, Composition, Pleasure, Injustice, Fault, Curve, Crooked, Perverse, Lean キョク ま.がる, ま.げる, くま
Someone, Person シャ もの

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