"別に" meaning in Japanese

See 別に in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [be̞t͡sɨᵝ ɲ̟i] Forms: 別に [canonical] (ruby: (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: {{m|ja|別||separate|tr=betsu}} 別 (betsu, “separate”), {{m|ja|に|pos=particle|tr=ni}} に (ni, particle), {{m|en|separately}} separately, {{m|en|especially}} especially, {{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: (とく)) (english: especially, particularly)
    Sense id: en-別に-ja-adv-dRGM4ZfA

Interjection

IPA: [be̞t͡sɨᵝ ɲ̟i] Forms: 別に [canonical] (ruby: (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: {{m|ja|別||separate|tr=betsu}} 別 (betsu, “separate”), {{m|ja|に|pos=particle|tr=ni}} に (ni, particle), {{m|en|separately}} separately, {{m|en|especially}} especially, {{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 language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese negative polarity items, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese negative polarity items: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100

Download JSON data for 別に meaning in Japanese (4.0kB)

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              "悪",
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          "text": "別に悪くない。"
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              "別",
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        "especially, particularly"
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      "ipa": "[be̞t͡sɨᵝ ɲ̟i]"
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