► 名詞
折 [(2)おり] [liter] meaning: occasion rank: 3
☆ その折は本当に御世話になりました (おせわ) ⇨ You helped me a lot on that occasion, during that time
☆ 帰省した折に古い友だちに会った ⇨ I met an old friend when I visited my hometown
折 [(2)おり] [折に触れて] [liter] meaning: occasion rank: 3
☆ うちの母は折に触れて小言を言う ⇨ My mother criticizes me at every occasion
More examples:
- 転職を考えている時に折しも新しい仕事に誘われた ⇨ Just when I was thinking about changing my job, I was offered a new one
- 折角の御招待ですが、今回は御遠慮させて頂きたいと思います ⇨ I really appreciate your invitation, but I’d like to excuse myself this time
- 紙に折り目が行ってしまった ⇨ The paper got creased
- 費用は折半で行こう ⇨ Let’s go Dutch on the expenses
- 彼は肋骨を折った (あばらぼね) ⇨ He broke his ribs
- 次の角を左折して下さい ⇨ Turn left at the next corner please
- 複雑骨折 ⇨ Compound fractures
- あいつはいい気になり過ぎだから誰かが鼻を折ったほうが良い ⇨ He is too conceited and somebody had better break his nose, humble, him
- 費用は折半することで落ち着いた ⇨ We settled, agreed, to share the cost fifty-fifty
- どこかで折り合いを付けないと何時まで立っても解決しない ⇨ We have to compromise somewhere, otherwise it will never be resolved
- 骨が二箇所で折れた ⇨ The bone broke in two locations
- 折れた木の枝が屋根を突き抜けた ⇨ A broken tree branch fell through the roof
- 彼女は布を真ん中で折り返した ⇨ She folded back the fabric in the center
- 病院で骨折部のレントゲンを撮った ⇨ They took X-ray pictures of the fracture at the hospital
- 棒がぽっきり折れた ⇨ The stick snapped