まげる – Vocabulary details

まげる

Verb (1-dan, 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

ま

げる

to twist; to distort

to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench; to distort (the truth)

to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

右みぎ腕うでをまげられません。

I can't bend my right arm.

少しょう年ねんは考かんがえをまげなかった。

The boy didn't change his opinion.

増ます夫おはスプーンをまげられる。

Masuo can bend spoons.

トムは、自じ分ぶんの意い見けんをまげません。

Tom won't change his opinion.

猫ねこは背せを弓ゆみなりにまげた。

The cat arched its back.

しかし君きみはあまり膝ひざをまげたくないでしょう。

But you don't want to bend the knees too much.

私わたしはひざをまげずに両りょう方ほうの手てのひらを床ゆかに付つけることができる。

I can place the palms of my hands on the floor without bending my knees.

その痩やせた男おとこは膝ひざをまげて日ひ陰かげで少すこし休やすんだ。

The thin man paused in the shade with his knees a little bent.

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