

Meanings
- 1left; left-hand sidenountakes の
- 2left handnoun
- 3the left (wing); leftistnoun
JMdict 1290800
In a sentence
Turn left
How it works
に (to) points out the direction the action heads toward — here 左 (left). The verb 曲がる (turn) shifts to its て (te-form) form 曲がって (turn), which here works as a soft instruction (“turn left”), the kind you'd give while pointing the way. Being plain rather than polite, it sounds casual and direct.