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    3. 曲げる

    曲げる

    曲まげ​る​

    to bend

    N2KMT10News #35+1CoreVerb, TransitiveTechnologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    枉げる

    まげる

    Verb, 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

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    針はり金がねを曲まげる。

    Bend the wire.

    KMT5Daily Life
    彼かれは腰こしを曲まげて、低ひくい姿し勢せいで作さ業ぎょうした。

    He bent his back and worked in a low posture.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの都つ合ごうの良いいように事じ実じつを曲まげて話はなした。

    He distorted the facts to suit his own convenience.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    この新あたらしい素そ材ざいは、力ちからを加くわえても簡かん単たんに曲まげることができない。

    This new material cannot be easily bent even when force is applied.

    KMT10TechnologyScience & Math
    彼かれはどんなに困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうでも、自じ分ぶんの信しん念ねんを曲まげることはなかった。

    No matter how difficult the situation, he never bent his beliefs.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    曲
    ま.がる・ま.げる・くま…(2)
    bend・music・melody・composition・pleasure…(6)
    Kanji
    げ
    ge
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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