曲げる – Vocabulary details

曲まげる

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl

2. to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant

3. to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert

4. to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)

5. to pawn

Alt. forms

Kanji used

曲

curved

Pitch accent

ま

げる

Conjugations...Used in: 2636

Used in vocabulary (13 in total)

ねじ曲まげる

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

折おり曲まげる

to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

へそを曲まげる

to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse

10 more...

Examples (8 in total)

右みぎ腕うでを曲まげられません。

I can't bend my right arm.

少しょう年ねんは考かんがえを曲まげなかった。

The boy didn't change his opinion.

増ます夫おはスプーンを曲まげられる。

Masuo can bend spoons.

トムは、自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを曲まげません。

Tom won't change his opinion.

猫ねこは背せを弓ゆみなりに曲まげた。

The cat arched its back.

しかし君きみはあまり膝ひざを曲まげたくないでしょう。

But you don't want to bend the knees too much.

私わたしはひざを曲まげずに両りょう方ほうの手てのひらを床ゆかに付つけることができる。

I can place the palms of my hands on the floor without bending my knees.

その痩やせた男おとこは膝ひざを曲まげて日ひ陰かげで少すこし休やすんだ。