弁える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
わきま
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
辨える (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Japanese 辨ふ. The first element may be the ren'yōkei of Old Japanese 分く (to separate), whence Japanese 分ける (to separate).

Pronunciation

Verb

(わきま)える (wakimaerutransitive ichidan (stem (わきま) (wakimae), past (わきま)えた (wakimaeta))

  1. distinguish, tell something from another thing
  2. to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
    (えら)そうな(こと)()(まえ)()(ほど)わきまえろっ
    Erasō na koto iu mae ni mi no hodo wakimaero'!
    Know your place before you say anything pretentious!

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN