反る

かえる

To warp, to bend backward

N3verb·soru

How to remember it

反 means "reverse"; 反る is when a surface curves or bends the opposite way.

Example sentences

  • 熱で板が反ってしまった。

    ねつでいたがそってしまった。

    The board warped from the heat.

  • 上体を後ろに反らせる。

    じょうたいをうしろにそらせる。

    I lean my upper body backward.

Usage

Intransitive; transitive/causative form is 反らす (そらす). Genuine reading is そる, not かえる.

Related words

反らす曲がる曲げる

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