折る|おるoru[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers)
    最後さいごのわら一いち本ぽんがらくだの背骨せぼねを折おる。↗
    The last straw breaks the camel's back.
    落馬らくばの結果けっか足あしを折おった。↗
    The fall from the horse resulted in a broken leg.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto fold; to bend
    折おろうとしても指ゆびが弱よわくなりすぎていた。↗
    Her fingers were too weak to fold it.
  3. godan verb, transitive verbto make (origami)
  4. godan verb, transitive verbto interrupt; to end
Conjugation
Dictionary form折る(おる)
Polite (masu)折ります(おります)
Negative (nai)折らない(おらない)
polite (masen)折りません(おりません)
classical zu / nu折らず・折らぬ(おらず・おらぬ)
Past (ta)折った(おった)
polite (mashita)折りました(おりました)
Past negative (nakatta)折らなかった(おらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)折りませんでした(おりませんでした)
Te form折って(おって)
Potential折れる(おれる)
Passive折られる(おられる)
Causative折らせる(おらせる)
Causative passive折らせられる・折らされる(おらせられる・おらされる)
Conditional (ba)折れば(おれば)
tara折ったら(おったら)
Volitional折ろう(おろう)
polite (mashou)折りましょう(おりましょう)
Imperative折れ(おれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive折るおる⇄intransitive折れるおれる
枝えだが折おれる
枝えだを折おる
折れる presents the breaking as something that happens to the branch (枝が折れる), while 折る focuses on an agent acting to break it (枝を折る).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 力ちからを加くわえて曲まげる、切断せつだんする。
  2. 〔ある形かたちや作品さくひんを〕紙かみなどに折り目おりめを付つけて作つくる。折り紙おりがみで作つくる。
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