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Keyword
fold
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1211
Readings
お
(50%)
おり
(23%)
より
(10%)
せっ
(8%)
せつ
(6%)
Composed of
扌
left hand
斤
axe
Mnemonic

I'm going to take this axe into my left hand and hit you so hard with it you'll fold in half.

Used in kanji (4 in total)
誓
vow
哲
philosophy
逝
pass away
浙
name of a Chinese river
Used in vocabulary (296 in total)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
293 more...
Examples (104 in total)
That was quite an effort for a child.
It was really bone breaking work.
My arm is broken.
The branch broke under the weight of the snow.
I meet her at school now and then.
My friend has broken his arm.
He fell down on the ice and broke his arm.
He had his arm broken during the game.
When he broke his leg he was screaming out in pain.
Don't break the branches.
My brother fell from a tree and broke his leg.
I knew I'd broken my wrist the moment I fell.
I broke my wrist when I fell on it.
I fell and broke my arm.
Unfortunately, he broke his leg in the accident.
I sometimes hear rumors about her.
I occasionally meet him at the club.
We meet him on occasion at the club.
He broke one of the bones in his leg.
I broke my right leg.
He glanced at his wristwatch now and then.
Unfortunately, he got his leg broken in the accident.
You have come at an opportune time.
How did you break your arm?
I can't walk because of my broken leg.
My brother fell out of a tree and broke his leg.
He got his arm broken while he was playing soccer.
He broke his left arm.
Her broken leg has not healed yet.
She treated his broken leg.
I broke my arm.
I broke my leg.
I fractured my arm.
I have a broken ankle.
I broke both my legs riding a bicycle.
The work doesn't need much effort.
He still writes novels from time to time, but not as often as he used to.
I broke my leg in a traffic accident.
My leg was broken in a traffic accident.
He likes to go to the beach now and then.
Tom has broken his arm.
Tom visited Mary, who was in the hospital with a broken bone.
Tom broke his ankle when he tripped.
His illness dashed all his hopes.
A few weeks before Christmas, Tom broke his right leg and was taken to the hospital.
I broke my arm when I was a child.
I broke my leg skiing.
He broke his leg skiing.
He fell and broke his arm while he was skiing.
I broke my leg while skiing.
No matter how hard you try, the result will be the same.
3 years ago, Tom fell down the stairs and broke his bones.
He took great pains to find a shortcut.
He broke his leg in the baseball game.
I've never broken a bone.
His carelessness cost him a broken leg.
Emmy folded the napkin in half.
This sparrow's wings are broken.
Fold the paper in the middle.
Tom is an origami artist.
He told me where to buy origami.
If it's origami, you can leave it to me! I can't do anything other than that, though...
All you need for origami is a sheet of paper.
They didn't call me back.
Why didn't you call me back?
Let me call you back later, OK?
Please let me get back to you.
I'll tell him to call you back.
Call me back.
The branch bent but did not break.
It's better to bend than to break.
The mast broke and our ship went adrift.
When Tom broke his leg, he had to use crutches for three months.
When he broke his leg, he had to use crutches for 3 months.
I've been walking on crutches ever since I broke my foot.
Tom broke his left ankle during a rugby match.
She fell down and broke her left leg.
Tom broke his leg in a cycling accident.
Such accidents can happen from time to time.
He had an accident and fractured his leg.
He had an accident and broke his leg.
Turn to the right, and you'll find my office.
Turn right at the first traffic light.
Drive to the next intersection and make a left turn.
The car turned left.
Thank you very much for your hard work.
The work is well worth the trouble.
We go fishing together once in a while.
He is rather hard to get along with.
I am afraid they can't get along very well.
I am afraid they don't get along very well.
They came to terms with the union leaders.
The bamboo bent but did not break.
The treaty has been concluded after many twists and turns.
Take this folding umbrella with you. It might come in handy.
The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.
The X-ray showed two broken fingers.
Joan broke her left arm in the accident.
Tom folded an origami crane.
At last, the bus company gave in.
The last straw breaks the camel's back.
Our plan failed because of the shortage of funds.
The speaker occasionally referred to his notes.
Tom folded the map and put it back in the glove compartment.