Conjugation
Tap for 曲げる (bend; trans.)
Tap for 曲がる (bend; intrans.)
- 名曲 — famous song
- 作曲 — composition
- 曲がる — to bend / to turn
- 曲げる — to bend (something)
- 曲線 — curve
- 曲名 — song title
- 湾曲 — curvature / bending
The kanji 曲 likely depicted bent wood or bamboo, evoking the idea of curving or bending. By extension it came to mean a “musical piece,” whose melody bends and flows, and broadly anything not straight.
