- 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.
この曲は 有名です。
This song is famous.
そこを右に曲がってください。
Please turn right there.