"別に" meaning in Japanese

See 別に in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [be̞t͡sɨ ɲ̟i] Forms: 別に [canonical] (ruby: 別(べつ)), betsu ni [romanization]
Etymology: 別 (betsu, “separate”) + に (ni, particle), literally separately, used idiomatically to mean something closer to especially. Compare Korean 별로 (byeollo). Etymology templates: {{cog|ko|별로}} Korean 별로 (byeollo) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|べつ に}} 別(べつ)に • (betsu ni)
  1. (not) especially, particularly Related terms: 特に (tokuni) (ruby: 特(とく)) (english: especially, particularly)
    Sense id: en-別に-ja-adv-dRGM4ZfA

Interjection

IPA: [be̞t͡sɨ ɲ̟i] Forms: 別に [canonical] (ruby: 別(べつ)), betsu ni [romanization]
Etymology: 別 (betsu, “separate”) + に (ni, particle), literally separately, used idiomatically to mean something closer to especially. Compare Korean 별로 (byeollo). Etymology templates: {{cog|ko|별로}} Korean 별로 (byeollo) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|べつ に}} 別(べつ)に • (betsu ni)
  1. nothing special; not really
    Sense id: en-別に-ja-intj--ScNYqme Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese negative polarity items, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese negative polarity items: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 別に meaning in Japanese (3.9kB)

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