折る – Vocabulary details

折おる

Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)

1. to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers)

彼かれは脚あしを折おっているらしく、立たち上あがるのも無む理りそうだ。It seems his leg is broken, and he can't even stand up.

2. to fold; to bend

ノートのページを折おりました。I folded a page of the notebook.

3. to make (origami)

これを紙かみで折おるには、かなり器き用ようさが求もとめられるはず。Folding this out of paper would take a lot of dexterity.

4. to interrupt; to end

話はなしを折おってしまって申もうし訳わけないです。I am sorry for interrupting the conversation.

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to smash; to break

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

友とも達だちが腕うでを折おったんだ。

My friend has broken his arm.

枝えだを折おらないでください。

Don't break the branches.

袖そでを折おれば大だい丈じょう夫ぶだろう。

It should be fine if you fold the sleeves up.

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