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VocabJLPT N3

to bend

Ichidan VerbTransitive Verb

Definitions

1. to bend
2. to crook
3. to lean
4. to bend (the truth)

This verb means to bend or curve something, or figuratively to distort the truth or compromise one's principles. It can be used both literally, such as bending a wire, and metaphorically, such as being pressured to bend one's beliefs.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

In the quiet room, the only sound was wire being bent.

Sentence 2

I bent one of the umbrella spokes in the doorway and now it won't open!

Sentence 3

I thought, "It'd be easier to just swallow my pride."

Sentence 4

Aren't you just bending the facts to suit yourself?

Sentence 5

He said flat out, "I hate bending the rules."