折り目・折目|おりめorime[3]odaka (tail-high)
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- nounfold; crease; pleat
- nounmanners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
- Synonym折れおれNeutralThe spot where something has snapped or bent — it stresses the break itself, not a neat pressed crease, and it never carries 「折り目」's sense of good manners.
- Related筋目すじめNeutralThe line where two surfaces meet; it also covers family background and reasoning, so it is a more polysemous word than 「折り目」.
- RelatedひだNeutralPleats or gathers in clothes and fabric; figuratively it can also point to subtle corners of the mind, as in 「心の襞」.
Use 「折り目」 for a crease left by folding or for good manners and propriety, as in 「ズボンの折り目」 and 「折り目正しい」. For a snapped or bent spot say 「折れ」, for pleats in fabric 「襞」, and for family standing or reasoning 「筋目」.
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