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曲げる

まげる

Readings

まげる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vtto bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl
  2. 2.
    v1, vtto lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant
  3. 3.
    v1, vtto bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
  4. 4.
    v1, vtto yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
  5. 5.
    v1, vtto pawn

Kanji breakdown

N46 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

少年は考えを曲げなかった。

The boy persisted in his opinion.

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曲げるまげる

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

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