をる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of をる – see the following entries.
【おる】
[verb] (of animate objects) to exist, to be, to have
[verb] (after a transitive verb in the て conjunctive form) to be (doing): indicates a progressive or continuous sense; the verb ending -ておる (-te oru) is often contracted to とる (-toru)
[verb] (Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū, after a verb in the conjunctive form) to be (doing); a continuous sense; often transformed to よる (yoru)
Alternative spelling
居る
【折おる】
[verb] to bend, to fold
(This term, をる (woru), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
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