折おり

noun

folding; fold; crease; pleat

Usually written 折り. Refers to the act or result of folding, including a fold, crease, or pleat; in everyday Japanese, 折り目 is often used when specifically pointing to the visible crease line.

• ここに軽かるく折おりを入いれてから、紙かみを開ひらきます。

  Make a light fold here, then open the paper.

noun

small food box; wooden or cardboard food box

Usually written 折り. A somewhat specific term for a small wooden or cardboard box used to pack food, especially prepared meals, celebratory food, or takeaway portions.

• 祝いわいの席せきで、赤せき飯はんを折おりに詰つめて配くばった。

  At the celebration, they packed sekihan into small food boxes and handed them out.

noun, used as a suffix

folded into ... layers; ...-fold

Suffix use in forms such as 二つ折り and 三つ折り. The number indicates the number of layers after folding, not simply the number of times the item is bent.

• 手て紙がみを三みつ折おりにして封ふう筒とうに入いれた。

  I folded the letter in three and put it in the envelope.

• 財さい布ふを二ふたつ折おりのものに買かい替かえた。

  I replaced my wallet with a bi-fold one.

counter

counter for folded items; counter for food boxes

Counter use. It can count folded items, and also items, especially food, packed in an 折り箱. This use is limited and often appears in ordering, packaging, or older-style quantity notation.

• 持もち帰かえりの寿す司しを二ふた折おり注ちゅう文もんした。

  I ordered two boxes of takeaway sushi.

• 古ふるい数すう量りょう表ひょう記きでは、折おった紙かみなどを「一ひと折おり、二ふた折おり」と数かぞえることがある。

  In older quantity notation, folded paper and similar items may be counted as 'one ori, two ori.'