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One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.
迂 means "circuitous." Also associated with distant, to bend.
Distant - A far road; roundabout way.
To bend - To curve; to twist; to wind.
Circuitous - Taking the long way around; indirect.
Impractical - Out of touch with worldly matters.
False - To tell lies.
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
roundabout way
doctrinaire, abstruse, unrealistic
literal-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire; longwinded; circuitous
abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic
Far. A road that is not direct is called 迂. Therefore speech and actions that are not practical are also called 迂闊 (impractical), 迂遠 (roundabout). Also 迂久 means a long time.
Here I decide, without hesitating, to take the alternative route.
You mustn't carelessly believe the maker's motto.
Windows Vistaのセキュリティ機能を迂回する方法を研究者が公表します。
Researchers announce method of circumventing Windows Vista security features.
かげでは、二人して僕のことを迂濶な奴、頓馬な奴、助平な奴などあざ笑っているのかも知れないと、僕は非常に不愉快を感じた。
I sensed with discomfort that the two of them might ridicule me behind my back as a thoughtless, simple-minded satyr.
すなわち、その路線が通る土地の所有者の意向、他の町や村の便宜をはかるために、あるいは他の路線との接続をはかるために迂回することのメリットなどである。
In other words, the merits, etc. of making detours are the consideration of the attitudes of the landowners whose property the line would cross, the convenience of other towns and villages, as well as connection with other railway lines.
もし高い丘がAからBの間にあれば、路線が丘を越えて行くようにさせるか、トンネルで丘を貫いて行くようにさせるか、あるいは丘を避けて迂回路をとるようにさせるか決めるのが重要となる。
If a high hill stood between A and B, it was important to decide whether the line should climb over it, pierce it with a tunnel, or make a detour to avoid it.
私は女というものに深い交際をした経験のない迂闊な青年であった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
迂闊な父や母は、不相当な地位と収入とを卒業したての私から期待しているらしかったのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
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