godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Transitive verb for breaking or snapping something rigid, or picking flowers by snapping the stem.
枝を折って焚き火に加えた。
I broke off a branch and added it to the campfire.
庭から花を
I picked flowers from the garden and arranged them in a vase.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Used for folding paper, cloth, or bending something flexible without breaking it.
手紙を三つに折って封筒に入れた。
I folded the letter in three and put it in the envelope.
針金を折って輪っかを作った。
I bent the wire and made a loop.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
make origami
Specifically for creating origami figures by folding paper.
子どもと一緒に鶴を折った。
I folded a crane together with my child.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
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
彼は病気をきっかけに筆を折った。
He gave up writing after falling ill.