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to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl
to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant
to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
to pawn
膝を曲げてストレッチをしましょう。
Let's stretch by bending your knees.
針金を曲げて色々な形を作ってみた。
I tried making a shape by bending wire.
彼は自分の意見を決して曲げない人だ。
He is a person who won't bend his opinion.