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N4 う-verb (る), Transitive verb

()to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers), to fold, to bend, to make (origami), to interrupt, to end

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    1. う-verb (る), Transitive verb

      1.

      to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers)

    2. う-verb (る), Transitive verb

      2.

      to fold, to bend

    3. う-verb (る), Transitive verb

      3.

      to make (origami)

    4. う-verb (る), Transitive verb

      4.

      to interrupt, to end

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    All Forms

    折る 【おる】

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      鉛筆(えんぴつ)()(なか)(ふた)つに()

      To snap a pencil in two right in the middle.

      • N4

      この()(がみ)()(かい)()ってください。

      Please fold this origami paper twice.

      • N4

      そこら(へん)()ちている小枝(こえだ)()って()(なか)()れなさい!

      Snap any twigs you find lying around and put them in the fire!

      • N4

      あなたの息子(むすこ)さんは(ゆび)()らずに(いち)から(じゅん)(かぞ)えられますか?

      Can your son count in order from one without bending his fingers?

      • N3

      入院(にゅういん)しているクラスメイトのためにクラスのみんなで千羽鶴(せんばづる)()りました

      We folded Senbazuru (one thousand folded paper cranes) together in class for our classmate who is in the hospital.

      • N3
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