割る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わる (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Verb

割(わ)る • (waru) transitive godan (stem 割(わ)り (wari), past 割(わ)った (watta))

1. to break (into separate pieces)

   ガラスを粉(こな)々(ごな)に割(わ)る

   garasu o konagona ni waru

   to break glass into pieces

2. to crack

   卵(たまご)を割(わ)る

   tamago o waru

   to crack open an egg

3. to split; to cut (apart)
4. to separate
5. to divide

   １２(じゅうに)を３(さん)で割(わ)ると４(よん)になる。

   Jūni o san de waru to yon ni naru.

   Divide twelve by three and you get four.

   自(じ)治(ち)体(たい)を３(みっ)つに割(わ)る

   jichitai o mittsu ni waru

   to divide a municipality into three municipalities

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (break): 破(やぶ)る (yaburu)
• (divide): 分(わ)ける (wakeru)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “break”): くっつける (kuttsukeru)
• (antonym(s) of “divide”): 合(あ)わせる (awaseru)

Derived terms

• 割(わり)引(びき) (waribiki, “discount”)
• 割(わ)れる (wareru, “broken, divisible”)
• 割(わり)合(あい) (wariai, “comparatively; ratio”)
• 割(わ)り (wari, “ratio, proportion; one tenth; mixed with or diluted with”)
• 割(わ)り切(き)る (warikiru, “divide without residues; solve”)
• 割(わ)り切(き)れる (warikireru, “divisible, resolvable”)

Conjunction

割(わ)る • (waru) 

1. (mathematics) divided by

   １２(じゅうに)割(わ)る３(さん)は４(よん)。

   Jūni waru san wa yon.

   12 divided by 3 is 4.

Coordinate terms

• 足(た)す (tasu, “add”)
• 引(ひ)く (hiku, “subtract”)
• 掛(か)ける (kakeru, “multiply”)

Etymology 2

Verb

割(われ)る • (wareru) intransitive ichidan (stem 割(われ) (ware), past 割(われ)た (wareta))

1. Alternative spelling of 割れる

Etymology 3

warez in Japanese romanized reading

Verb

割(わ)る • (waru) transitive godan (stem 割(わ)り (wari), past 割(わ)った (watta))

1. (Internet slang) to get warez.

Conjugation

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