折る（おる）
JLPT N3 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to fold / break
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 折ります | おります |
| te-form | 折って | おって |
| ta-form (past) | 折った | おった |
| nai-form (negative) | 折らない | おらない |
| potential form | 折れる | おれる |
Example sentences
- 紙を半分に折る。 — I fold the paper in half.
- 転んで足の骨を折ってしまった。 — I fell and broke a bone in my leg.
Idioms & proverbs containing “折る”
- 骨を折る (ほねをおる) — to make efforts; to take pains
- 角を折る (つのをおる) — to give in (after initially resisting); to yield; to concede; to break (one's) horn
- 膝を折る (ひざをおる) — to surrender; to give in; to yield; to concede
- 話の腰を折る (はなしのこしをおる) — to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
- 無駄骨を折る (むだぼねをおる) — to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
- 七重の膝を八重に折る (ななえのひざをやえにおる) — to humbly implore; to beg profusely
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