曲がる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曲
ま
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
曲る (uncommon)

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Derived most likely from classical verb 曲ぐ (magu), via fusion of intransitive element -aru.

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まがる [màgárú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "曲がる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
曲がる まがる [màgárú]
Imperative (命令形) 曲がれ まがれ [màgáré]
Key constructions
Passive 曲がられる まがられる [màgárárérú]
Causative 曲がらせる まがらせる [màgárásérú]
Potential 曲がれる まがれる [màgárérú]
Volitional 曲がろう まがろ​ー [màgáróꜜò]
Negative 曲がらない まがらない [màgáránáí]
Negative perfective 曲がらなかった まがらな​かった [màgáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 曲がります まがりま​す [màgárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 曲がった まがった [màgáttá]
Conjunctive 曲がって まがって [màgátté]
Hypothetical conditional 曲がれば まがれ​ば [màgáréꜜbà]

Verb

曲(ま)がる • (magaru) intransitive godan (stem 曲(ま)がり (magari), past 曲(ま)がった (magatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 曲げる
mediopassive 曲がる
  1. to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist
  2. to turn
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      左(ひだり)へ曲(ま)がると直(す)ぐ動物園(どうぶつえん)です
      hidari e magaru to sugu dōbutsuen desu
      When you turn left, the zoo will be right there
  3. to be awry, to be askew, to be crooked

Conjugation

References

  1. “曲”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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