撓う

しなう【撓う】

〔曲がる〕 bend; be pliant; (性質) be pliable; be flexible; be supple; be limber; 《文》 be lissom(e).

●よくしなう弓 a supple (Japanese) bow

・よくしなう体 a supple body.

●君の手はよくしなうね. What supple hands you have!

・竹が雪でしなった. The bamboos bowed [bent, gave] under the snow.

・柳の枝はしなう. Willow branches are pliable.