Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers)
2. to fold; to bend
3. to make (origami)
4. to interrupt; to end
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
to smash; to break
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to count on one's fingers
to break off writing
to humble someone
to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
to concede a point; to yield; to give in
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
Examples (19 in total)
My friend has broken his arm.
Don't break the branches.
I broke my right leg.