To Bend
To Bend Something
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This is a verb because it ends with an う sound. What does the kanji mean? It's music and bend. In the case of this word, we're going with the "bend" version. The verb of that is to bend. This is when you're doing the bending. You can remember this because げ is the gentleman you're bending. He looked good before you bent him in half.
How did you bend this gentleman? You bent him using magic (ま). Just imagine yourself bending a gentleman with magic. Go ahead, do it in your mind.
ひじを曲げる
to bend one's elbow
首を曲げる
to bend one's neck
考えを曲げる
to bend one's thinking
次は、足首を曲げるストレッチです。
Next is a stretch where you bend your ankles.
父の大切な刀を曲げてしまった。
I accidentally bent my father's precious sword.
このYouTubeビデオでは、コウイチがスプーンを百本ひたすら曲げつづけます。
In this YouTube video, Koichi just keeps bending a hundred spoons.