"別れる" meaning in Japanese

See 別れる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [β̞a̠ka̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟] Forms: 別れる intransitive ichidan [canonical] (ruby: 別(わか)), wakareru [romanization], 別れ [stem] (ruby: 別(わか)), 別れた [past] (ruby: 別(わか))
Etymology: From Old Japanese わかる (wakaru), in the 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern. Cognate with 分(わ)かれる (wakareru) and 分(わ)ける (wakeru). Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|わかる|sort=わかれる|t=|tr=wakaru}} Old Japanese わかる (wakaru), {{ja-r|下%二%段%活%用|しも% に%だん% かつ%よう|lower bigrade conjugation}} 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{ja-r|下%二%段%活%用|しも% に%だん% かつ%よう|lower bigrade conjugation}} 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{ja-r|下%一%段%活%用|しも% いち%だん% かつ%よう|lower monograde conjugation}} 下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|わかれる|tr=intrans|type=2}} 別(わか)れる • (wakareru) intransitive ichidan (stem 別(わか)れ (wakare), past 別(わか)れた (wakareta))
  1. to separate
    Sense id: en-別れる-ja-verb-2FJ7v9hp
  2. to part ways, to bid farewell, to break up with someone
    Sense id: en-別れる-ja-verb-BLHGt967 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), 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: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 21 79 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 別れる meaning in Japanese (3.4kB)

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