Word · 単語
折れる
Reading おれる
to break
- 1 to break, to be broken, to snap, to fracture
- 2 to be folded
- 3 to give in, to back down, to yield, to submit
- 4 to turn (a corner)
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例文 · examples
ついにバス会社が折れた。
At last, the bus company gave in.
sense 3 · to give in
折れるより曲がれ。
Better to bend than break.
折れるよりはたわむがまさる。
Better to bend than break.
枝はしなったけど折れはしなかった。
The branches gave but did not break.
その竹はしなったが折れなかった。
The bamboo gave but did not break.