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おれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
The sword broke.
2. to be folded
3. to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit
But even so, their hearts had not yet broken.
4. to turn (a corner)
I turned corner after corner in the hallway.
Alt. forms
折おれる
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おれる
Pitch accent
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Conjugations...Used in: 26
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
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Examples (19 in total)
My arm is broken.
The sword broke.
The lead in my mechanical pencil broke.
At last, the bus company gave in.
This time, I have no intention of giving in.
You can see that the base of the grass is broken.
I turned corner after corner in the hallway.
This sparrow's wings are broken.
One of the teeth of the comb broke.
The branch bent but did not break.
I am simply saying that I have no intention of giving in.
The branch broke under the weight of the snow.
Turn right at the intersection and you will see the station.
The spearhead, its shaft snapped, flies through the air.
It is like a flower that looks as if it might snap at any moment.
But even so, their hearts had not yet broken.
The mast broke and our ship went adrift.
Her pale, delicate fingers look as if they would snap if any more force were put on them.
Go straight down that road, then turn right and then left.