曲げる

枉げる

Reading

Kana: まげる

Romaji: mageru

Definitions

v1

vt

1

to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl

Note: Only 曲げる

2

to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant

Note: Only 曲げる

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

Kanji

曲

Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま

Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

枉

Readings: オウ、 ま.げる、 ま.がる、 ま.げて

Meanings: bend, curve, crooked, perverse, lean, forcibly, against one's will

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は背(せ)を曲(ま)げた。

➥He bent his back.

右腕(うわん)を曲(ま)げられません。

➥I can't bend my right arm.

猫(ねこ)は背(せ)を弓(ゆみ)なりに曲(ま)げた。

➥The cat arched its back.

彼(かれ)は主義(しゅぎ)を曲(ま)げない。

➥He sticks to his principles.

膝(ひざ)を曲(ま)げて、前(まえ)を見(み)て。

➥Bend your knees and look in front of you.

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.