How to say "crooked" in Japanese

• いびつCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveThe common word for the physical sense: something whose shape is distorted, warped, or irregular rather than neat and regular, as with misshapen objects or uneven outlines. Usually written in kana.
  いびつな野菜やさいはお嫌きらいですか？↗

  Do you hate misshapen vegetables?
• あくどいJLPT N1approx.
  i-adjectiveA less common word, and not about physical shape: it covers the moral sense of crooked, describing behavior or methods as nasty, vicious, or underhanded; it will not do for bent or askew things.
  あくどい事ことをするな。↗

  Don't do wicked things.
• 曲がったまがった
  prenominal modifierThe literal sense: something bent or not straight, a crooked line or a picture hanging askew. Less common as a headword because it is really the past form of a verb meaning 'to bend'.

Use 「いびつ」 for distorted, out-of-shape things, 「曲がった」 for things that are literally bent or askew, and 「あくどい」 only for the moral sense of crooked, meaning nasty or underhanded.

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• いびつdistorted
• あくどいcrooked
• 曲がったまがったawry