Illustration: At a small neighborhood craft workshop, a woman bends a straight strip of soft metal around a cylindrical wooden former to make a hook. One hand braces the strip while the other pulls its free end, producing a clear curve between the still-straight section and the portion hugging the cylinder.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

曲まげる

mageru

to bend

Example sentences

膝ひざを曲まげて、前まえを見みて。
Bend your knees and look in front of you.
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彼かれは背せを曲まげた。
He bent his back.
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猫ねこは背せを弓ゆみなりに曲まげた。
The cat arched its back.
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Kanji in 曲

曲bend; musicOnキョクKunまがる・まげる・くま

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