Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

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

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

()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 edit

Related terms edit

References edit

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