I Love Kanji曲る (magaru)
曲る (まがる, magaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to bend; to curve”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まがる
- Romaji
- magaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist · godan verb, intransitive
- to turn · godan verb, intransitive
- to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 曲る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 曲る | まがる magaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 曲ります | まがります magarimasu |
| Negative | 曲らない | まがらない magaranai |
| Polite negative | 曲りません | まがりません magarimasen |
| Past | 曲った | まがった magatta |
| Polite past | 曲りました | まがりました magarimashita |
| Negative past | 曲らなかった | まがらなかった magaranakatta |
| Te-form | 曲って | まがって magatte |
| Potential | 曲れる | まがれる magareru |
| Passive | 曲られる | まがられる magarareru |
| Causative | 曲らせる | まがらせる magaraseru |
| Volitional | 曲ろう | まがろう magarou |
| Imperative | 曲れ | まがれ magare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 曲れば | まがれば magareba |
Kanji in 曲る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 曲る.
Source: JMdict entry 1239730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.