a corner or bend in a road; a street corner or turning point on a street.
右に曲がると、すぐ曲がり角に小さなコンビニがあります。
If you turn right, there's a small convenience store right at the corner.
暗くて曲がり角が見えにくいので気をつけてください。
It's dark and the corner is hard to see, so please be careful.
あの曲がり角でよく事故が起きる。
Accidents often happen at that bend.
a turning point; a decisive moment when circumstances or a course of events change.
留学が彼の人生の大きな曲がり角だった。
Studying abroad was a major turning point in his life.
その試合の失点がチームの曲がり角になった。
That conceded goal became the turning point for the team in the match.
政治的な曲がり角を迎えて、政策が大きく変わった。
Reaching a political turning point, the policies changed drastically.