ねじまげる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
捩じ曲げる 捻じ曲げる ねじ曲げる

Etymology

From 捩(ね)じ (neji, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 捩(ね)じる (nejiru).”) + 曲(、あ)げる (, ageru).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねじまげる [nèjímágérú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞ʑima̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ねじまげる • (nejimageru) ^{←ねぢまげる (nedimageru)?}transitive ichidan (stem ねじまげ (nejimage), past ねじまげた (nejimageta))

1. to twist and warp

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ねじまげる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ねじまげ	nejimage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ねじまげ	nejimage
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ねじまげる	nejimageru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ねじまげる	nejimageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ねじまげれ	nejimagere
Meireikei ("imperative")	ねじまげよ¹ ねじまげろ²	nejimageyo¹ nejimagero²
Key constructions
Passive	ねじまげられる	nejimagerareru
Causative	ねじまげさせる ねじまげさす	nejimagesaseru nejimagesasu
Potential	ねじまげられる ねじまげれる³	nejimagerareru nejimagereru³
Volitional	ねじまげよう	nejimageyō
Negative	ねじまげない ねじまげぬ ねじまげん	nejimagenai nejimagenu nejimagen
Negative continuative	ねじまげず	nejimagezu
Formal	ねじまげます	nejimagemasu
Perfective	ねじまげた	nejimageta
Conjunctive	ねじまげて	nejimagete
Hypothetical conditional	ねじまげれば	nejimagereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential