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 kind of looks like the gecko you're bending. That gecko looked good before you bent him in half.
How were you able to bend this gecko? Solo effort? No way! It actually took both you and your mama (ま) to make it happen! Just imagine you and your mighty mama, tag-teaming to bend a gecko in half!
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.