反る|そるsoru[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto warp; to curve; to arch; to bend
- godan verb, intransitive verbto bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 反る（そる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 反ります（そります） |
| Negative (nai) | 反らない（そらない） |
| polite (masen) | 反りません（そりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 反らず・反らぬ（そらず・そらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 反った（そった） |
| polite (mashita) | 反りました（そりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 反らなかった（そらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 反りませんでした（そりませんでした） |
| Te form | 反って（そって） |
| Potential | 反れる（それる） |
| Passive | 反られる（そられる） |
| Causative | 反らせる（そらせる） |
| Causative passive | 反らせられる・反らされる（そらせられる・そらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 反れば（それば） |
| tara | 反ったら（そったら） |
| Volitional | 反ろう（そろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 反りましょう（そりましょう） |
| Imperative | 反れ（それ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
板が反る
反る describes a thing itself becoming warped or curved (板が反る), while 反らす describes an agent deliberately bending or warping something (板を反らす).
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Related湾曲わんきょくWrittenWritten, technical term for bending into an arc, with the focus on shape; 「反る」 stresses warping backward or outward.
- RelatedカーブNeutralLoanword for a curve or bend, such as a turn in the road, and for a curveball in baseball; the focus is on the curved line itself.
- Related反らすそらすNeutralTransitive counterpart: to bend the body or an object backward, as in 「胸を反らす」.
- Related反らせるそらせるNeutralTransitive verb with the same sense as 「反らす」: to bend the body or an object backward, as in 「体を反らせる」.
- Relatedそっくり返るそっくりかえるNeutralTo lean back with the chest puffed out, often with a proud or arrogant air, as in 「ふんぞり返る」.
Use 「反る」 for a board warping or the body bending back, as in 「板が反る」「体が反る」. To make something bend back, use 「反らす」 or 「反らせる」; for bending into an arc, 「湾曲」; for a proud chest-out pose, 「そっくり返る」.
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Japanese definitions
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