折り目・折目|おりめorime[3]odaka (tail-high)

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折り目折り目(おりめ) is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it as the default spelling when writing this word.
折目折目(おりめ) is a less common kanji-only variant of 折り目(おりめ). Recognize it, but choose 折り目(おりめ) when writing.
Definitions
  1. nounfold; crease; pleat
  2. nounmanners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 折おった際さいにできる二ふたつの面めんの境目さかいめの筋すじ。
  2. 行儀作法ぎょうぎさほう。
  3. 物事ものごとのけじめ。
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