to break, snap, fracture | 折れる |
to yield to, accept (a demand), compromise |
masu Form
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Plain Form
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Other Forms
te form | おれて |
ba form | おれれば |
potential | おれられる |
imperative | おれろ |
volitional | おれよう |
passive | おれられる |
causative | おれさせる |
caus. passive1 | おれさせられる |
caus. passive2 | - |
[vt] = Transitive verb / [vi] = Intransitive verb / G1, G2, G3 = Group 1, 2, 3
ba form = conditional form / caus.passsive1 = causative passive long form / caus.passsive2 = causative passive short form
Basic structures
[ subject ] が おれる
ほねが おれる
Hone means "bone" and Hone ga oreru is common phrase meaning "have a bone broken", "bone is broken".
This phrase is often used as an idiomatic expression meaning "have difficulty (to do)" or "be a hard job".
See example No. 5
This verb is an intransitive verb.
There is a transitive verb Orimasu / Oru.
Example sentences
1. | きの えだが おれた。 |
き tree, えだ branch
2. | かぜが つよくて、ヨットの マストが おれた。 |
かぜ wind, つよくて te form of tsuyoi indicating a cause; strong, powerful
ヨット yacht, マスト mast
3. | たけは まがるから、(たけは)おれにくい。 |
たけ bamboo, まがる to bend, curve, -から because, therefore, so
-にくい (stem +) difficulty to do, not easily do
4. | あしの ほねが おれた。 なおるのに、1かげつ かかる そうだ。 |
あし leg, foot, ほね bone
なおる to be cured, recover, be get well, -のに for doing, to do, in order to do
いっかげつ one month, かかる to take time, -そうだ reported information; I heard, they said
5. | この しごとは ほねが おれる。 |
しごと work, job, business
6. | Aしゃは Bしゃに ねさげを ようきゅう した。 Bしゃは Aしゃの ようきゅうに おれて、ねさげを した。 |
Aしゃ A company, ねさげ [sv] price cut, reduction in price, ようきゅう [sv] request, demand
おれて te form of oreru used as a conjuntion "and"
Functional patterns used in the sentences (Chapter numbers are from Building Up Conversation)
kaze ga tsuyokute / yookyuu ni orete
te form :used as a conjunction "and", also expresses a reason or a cause; "because", "due to"
Level 2 Chapter 6
take wa magaru kara
plain form + kara:expressing a reason or a cause; because, therefore, so
Level 2 Chapter 3
take wa ore-nikui
verb stem + -yasui and -nikui:"easy to do", "comfortable to do" & "difficult to do"
Level 3 Chapter 9
naoru no ni
-no ni:expressing purpose; for doing, to do, in order to do
Level 3 Chapter 10
1-kagetsu kakaru soo da
plain form + soo desu:reported information; I heard, he/they said
Level 2 Chapter 11
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