折おれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

break; snap; fracture

Intransitive: used when a stick, bone, branch, etc. breaks or gets broken by itself or as a result of an event. Use 折る for deliberately breaking or folding something.

• 強つよい風かぜで木きの枝えだが折おれた。

  A tree branch snapped in the strong wind.

• 転ころんで腕うでの骨ほねが折おれた。

  I fell and fractured a bone in my arm.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be folded; be creased

Describes paper, fabric, a corner, etc. being in a folded or bent-over state, often with 折れている.

• 本ほんのページの端はしが折おれている。

  The corner of the book's page is folded.

• 紙かみがきれいに二ふたつに折おれていた。

  The paper was neatly folded in two.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

give in; back down; yield

Figurative use for yielding in an argument, negotiation, request, or disagreement after initially resisting.

• 長ながい交こう渉しょうの末すえ、相あい手てが折おれた。

  After long negotiations, the other side gave in.

• 今こん回かいは私わたしが折おれて、彼かれの案あんを受うけ入いれた。

  This time I backed down and accepted his proposal.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

turn off; turn a corner

Used for turning from one road or direction into another; in this sense it overlaps with 曲がる, but 折れる often suggests turning off at a corner or branch in the route.

See also: 曲がる

• 次つぎの角かどを右みぎに折おれてください。

  Please turn right at the next corner.

• 細ほそい道みちを左ひだりに折おれると、古ふるい神じん社じゃが見みえる。

  If you turn left onto the narrow road, you can see an old shrine.