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折る (おる): to snap, to break; to bend — Japanese vocabulary

折る is read おる and means "to snap, to break; to bend". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

折る

Reading
おる · oru
Translation
to snap, to break; to bend
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
おるが

Example

転んで足の骨を折りました。

ころんであしのほねをおりました。

I fell and broke a bone in my leg.

Kanji in this word

  • 折 — fold, break

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