- 1. [v1, vt] to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl
- 2. [v1, vt] to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant
- 3. [v1, vt] to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
- 4. [v1, vt] to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
- 5. [v1, vt] to pawn
Kanji in this word
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曲
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, leanOn: キョク (kyoku)Kun: ま.がる (ma.garu)、 ま.げる (ma.geru)、 くま (kuma)
Example Sentences
少年は考えを曲げなかった。
shounen ha kangae wo mage nakatta .
The boy persisted in his opinion.