折おる

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

break; snap; pick

Transitive verb for breaking or snapping something rigid, or picking flowers by snapping the stem.

• 枝えだを折おって焚たき火びに加くわえた。

  I broke off a branch and added it to the campfire.

• 庭にわから花はなを折おって花か瓶びんに生いけた。

  I picked flowers from the garden and arranged them in a vase.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

fold; bend

Used for folding paper, cloth, or bending something flexible without breaking it.

• 手て紙がみを三みっつに折おって封ふう筒とうに入いれた。

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

• 針はり金がねを折おって輪わっかを作つくった。

  I bent the wire and made a loop.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

make origami

Specifically for creating origami figures by folding paper.

• 子こどもと一いっ緒しょに鶴つるを折おった。

  I folded a crane together with my child.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

interrupt; end

Idiomatic use, mainly in the phrase 筆を折る (to stop writing or give up one's writing career). Rare outside fixed expressions.

See also: 筆を折る

• 彼かれは病びょう気きをきっかけに筆ふでを折おった。

  He gave up writing after falling ill.