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, is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)