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JLPT N4 · Verb

おる (oru)

おる is a Japanese verb meaning “to break; to fracture”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おる
Romaji
oru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers) · godan verb, transitive
  2. to fold; to bend · godan verb, transitive
  3. to make (origami) · godan verb, transitive
  4. to interrupt; to end · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。
The last straw breaks the camel's back.
Tatoeba #2221129
落馬の結果足を折った。
The fall from the horse resulted in a broken leg.
Tatoeba #78512
折ろうとしても指が弱くなりすぎていた。
Her fingers were too weak to fold it.
Tatoeba #142061

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of おる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryおるおる oru
Polite (~masu)おりますおります orimasu
Negativeおらないおらない oranai
Polite negativeおりませんおりません orimasen
Pastおったおった otta
Polite pastおりましたおりました orimashita
Negative pastおらなかったおらなかった oranakatta
Te-formおっておって otte
Potentialおれるおれる oreru
Passiveおられるおられる orareru
Causativeおらせるおらせる oraseru
Volitionalおろうおろう orou
Imperativeおれおれ ore
Conditional (~ba)おればおれば oreba

Source: JMdict entry 1385910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.