折れる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 折れる is read as おれる and can mean “to break” or “to yield”, depending on context.
• Basic usage: The examples show a branch breaking in wind and a person yielding after repeated requests.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Distinguishing senses and uses
  • It is intransitive for something breaking and figurative for yielding; transitive 折る means breaking or folding something.