Meaning of 分ける in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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分ける, 別けるJLPT 3
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Kana Readingわける
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Romajiwakeru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out
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- Parts of speech
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- to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between)
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- Parts of speech
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- to break up (a fight); to mediate
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- Parts of speech
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- to call a draw; to tie
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- Parts of speech
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- to push one's way through (a crowd)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to sell
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Example Sentences
分ける, 別ける, わける used in context
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カラー・キー・プログラム・システムでは全ての色が「クールパレット」と「ウォームパレット」の２つに分けられる。
With the colour key program system, all colours are divided into two palettes, the "cool palette" and the "warm palette".
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霧が深かったので、歩いている人たちの姿を似分けるのは困難だった。
It was foggy, so it was hard to make out the figures of people walking.
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The mother divided the money among her children.
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Mother carved us the chicken.
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Mother divided the cake into three parts.
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Mother divided the cake into eight pieces.
Verb Conjugations
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Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
On: ベツ
Kun: わか.れる, わ.ける
7 strokes
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
On: ブン, フン, ブ
Kun: わ.ける, わ.け, わ.かれる, わ.かる, わ.かつ
4 strokes
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