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
Examples (19 in total)
My friend has broken his arm.
Don't break the branches.
I broke my right leg.
I broke my leg skiing.
Tom folded an origami crane.
I broke my leg in a traffic accident.
Fold the paper in the middle.
He had an accident and broke his leg.
Unfortunately, he broke his leg in the accident.
He broke one of the bones in his leg.
I broke both my legs riding a bicycle.
She fell down and broke her left leg.
Tom broke his leg in a cycling accident.
The last straw breaks the camel's back.
When he broke his leg he was screaming out in pain.
My brother fell from a tree and broke his leg.
He had his arm broken during the game.
He fell down on the ice and broke his arm.
Unfortunately, he got his leg broken in the accident.