Illustration: In the small garden of a Japanese house after heavy snow, a slender tree branch has just snapped beneath a thick mound of snow. Its outer section hangs downward from a fresh jagged fracture, and loose clumps tumble toward the ground. Nobody is touching the tree.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

折おれる

oreru

to break, to snap

Use 折る when someone breaks something. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

その鳥とりの翼つばさは折おれていた。
The bird’s wing was broken.
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その竹たけはしなったが折おれなかった。
The bamboo gave but did not break.
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枝えだはしなったけど折おれはしなかった。
The branches gave but did not break.
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Kanji in 折

折fold; breakOnセツ・シャクKunおる・おり・おり

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