曲がる

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
曲る (uncommon)

Etymology

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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.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Needs expansion: refs, defdates, etc.”)

Pronunciation

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  • 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 がる [màgárú]
Imperative (命令形) 曲がれ がれ [màgáré]
Key constructions
Passive 曲がられる がられる [màgárárérú]
Causative 曲がらせる がらせる [màgárásérú]
Potential 曲がれる がれる [màgárérú]
Volitional 曲がろう がろ [màgáróꜜò]
Negative 曲がらない がらない [màgáránáí]
Negative perfective 曲がらなかった がらなかった [màgáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 曲がります がりま [màgárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 曲がった がった [màgáttá]
Conjunctive 曲がって がって [màgátté]
Hypothetical conditional 曲がれば がれ [màgáréꜜbà]

Verb

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()がる (magaruintransitive godan (stem ()がり (magari), past ()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:
      (ひだり)()がる()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

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References

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