曲折

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 曲折 (きょくせつ) means complications and turns that prevent a process from proceeding straight. 曲折を経る experiences them; 曲折を語る recounts them.
• Basic usage: A shop opens after many difficulties; a person in charge later describes the complicated path to approval.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Complications endured and course later recounted
  • With 経て, the process is traversed; with 語った, it becomes narrative content. The use is figurative event development, not a physically bent shape.