をる

をる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of をる – see the following entry at おる.

おる【居る】 [verb](of animate objects) to exist, to be, to have [verb](after a 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](Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu, after a verb in the conjunctive form) to be (doing); a continuous sense; often transformed to よる (yoru)

(This term, をる, is a historical hiragana spelling of おる.)