Japanese symbol for “stilted”
ギクシャク
ギクシャク
Romaji: gikushaku
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; stilted
In Japanese, stilted is ギクシャク (gikushaku).
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Meanings
- adv, adv-to, vs awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; stilted
- adv, adv-to, vs strained (relations); sour
Written forms: —. Readings: ギクシャク、ぎくしゃく.
Other Japanese words for “stilted”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 詰屈 | きっくつ kikkutsu | stiff; stilted; awkward |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.