曲げる (Mageru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto pawn
Examples
彼は背を曲げた。
He bent his back.
彼は主義を曲げない。
He sticks to his principles.
膝を曲げて、前を見て。
Bend your knees and look in front of you.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).