JLPT N2 · Verb

曲げる (mageru)

曲げる (まげる, mageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to bend; to crook”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まげる
Romaji: mageru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl · ichidan verb, transitive
to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant · ichidan verb, transitive
to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert · ichidan verb, transitive
to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks) · ichidan verb, transitive
to pawn · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

少年は考えを曲げなかった。

The boy persisted in his opinion.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 曲げる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	曲げる	まげる mageru
Polite (~masu)	曲げます	まげます magemasu
Negative	曲げない	まげない magenai
Polite negative	曲げません	まげません magemasen
Past	曲げた	まげた mageta
Polite past	曲げました	まげました magemashita
Negative past	曲げなかった	まげなかった magenakatta
Te-form	曲げて	まげて magete
Potential	曲げられる	まげられる magerareru
Passive	曲げられる	まげられる magerareru
Causative	曲げさせる	まげさせる magesaseru
Volitional	曲げよう	まげよう mageyou
Imperative	曲げろ	まげろ magero
Conditional (~ba)	曲げれば	まげれば magereba

Kanji in 曲げる

曲

bend, music, melodyキョク・ま.がる・ま.げる · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 曲げる.

曲るまがるto bend作曲さっきょくcomposition (of music)曲線きょくせんcurve婉曲えんきょくeuphemistic戯曲ぎきょくdrama

Source: JMdict entry 1239740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.