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折る
oru
Description
「折る」は、紙や枝などを曲げたり、二つにしたりする時に使う言葉です。
"折る" is used when bending or folding things like paper or branches in half.
骨を折る場合にも使えますし、紙で鶴を折る時にも使います。
It is used both when breaking a bone and when folding a crane out of paper.
Meanings
折るoru
to bend and fold something
紙を半分に折る。
Fold the paper in half.
折るoru
to break something by bending; to snap
転んで足の骨を折った。
I fell and broke a bone in my leg.
折るoru
to make by folding, e.g. origami
子どもと紙で鶴を折る。
Fold a crane from paper with the child.
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Notes
- Nuance
折る is transitive (you fold/break something); the intransitive counterpart is 折れる.
- Etymology
appears in idioms like 骨を折る (to take great pains) and 筆を折る (to stop writing).
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