曲げる

まげる

to bend

N2 #9,480

Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, transitive 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

Its kanji

In sentences

彼かれは背せを曲まげた。 He bent his back. #101277

彼かれは主義しゅぎを曲まげない。 He sticks to his principles. #104522

膝ひざを曲まげて、前まえを見みて。 Bend your knees and look in front of you. #85499

右腕みぎうでを曲まげられません。 I can't bend my right arm. #189892

猫ねこは背せを弓ゆみなりに曲まげた。 The cat arched its back. #121934

少年しょうねんは考かんがえを曲まげなかった。 The boy persisted in his opinion. #146553

増ぞう夫おっとはスプーンを曲まげられる。 Masuo can bend spoons. #140232

彼女かのじょは頑がんとして信念しんねんを曲まげない。 She persists in her belief. #90632