撓る
しわる · shinaru
To bend, to warp, to yield
- to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body), to be flexible, to be pliant
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 撓りますしわります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 撓りませんしわりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 撓りましたしわりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 撓りませんでしたしわりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 撓りましょうしわりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 撓りしわり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 撓りたいしわりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 撓りながらしわりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 撓ってしわって |
| Plain past (た形) | 撓ったしわった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 撓ったらしわったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 撓っているしわっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 撓らないしわらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 撓らなかったしわらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 撓らなくてしわらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 撓れるしわれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 撓ればしわれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 撓れしわれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 撓ろうしわろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 撓られるしわられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 撓らせるしわらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 撓らされるしわらされる |
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Questions
What does 撓る mean?
To bend, to warp, to yield. It can also mean: to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body), to be flexible, to be pliant.
How do you pronounce 撓る?
しわる (shinaru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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