曲まげる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

bend; curve; tilt; lean

Only when written 曲げる

Physical use: to make something no longer straight, or to bend or incline a body part or object from its normal position. The object is marked with を.

• 針はり金がねを曲まげて輪わを作つくった。

  I bent the wire and made a ring.

• 膝ひざを曲まげて、ゆっくり座すわってください。

  Bend your knees and sit down slowly.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

distort; twist; bend the truth

Figurative use for changing facts, truth, rules, or meaning in a dishonest or improper direction. 枉げる is a rare written form for this kind of moral or factual distortion.

• 彼かれは事じ実じつを曲まげて報ほう告こくした。

  He distorted the facts in his report.

• 真しん実じつを曲まげてまで彼かれをかばうつもりはない。

  I do not intend to protect him by twisting the truth.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

yield a point; compromise a principle; depart from one's belief

Used with nouns such as 信念, 意志, 方針, 自説, or 主張 to mean giving way or acting against one's stated view, principle, or real intention.

• 彼かの女じょは最さい後ごまで自じ分ぶんの信しん念ねんを曲まげなかった。

  She did not compromise her beliefs to the end.

• 会かい議ぎで何なん度ども反はん論ろんされたが、彼かれは自じ説せつを曲まげなかった。

  He was challenged repeatedly at the meeting, but he did not yield his position.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

pawn

Rare use meaning to pawn something, roughly equivalent to 質に入れる. It is not the normal modern word for pawning an item.

• 古ふるい言いい方かたで、時計とけいを質しちに曲まげるとは時計とけいを質しちに入いれることをいう。

  In an old expression, 時計を質に曲げる means to pawn a watch.