別れる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
わか
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the classical lower bigrade verb(ラ行下二段活用) わかる. Cognate with ()かれる (wakareru) and ()ける (wakeru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「別れる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
別れる かれ
Imperative (命令形) 別れろ かれ
Key constructions
Passive 別れられる かれられ
Causative 別れさせる かれさせ
Potential 別れられる かれられ
Volitional 別れよう かれよ
Negative 別れない かれない
Negative perfective 別れなかった かれなかった
Formal 別れます かれま
Perfective 別れた れた
Conjunctive 別れて れて
Hypothetical conditional 別れれば かれれば

Verb

(わか)れる (wakareruintransitive ichidan (stem (わか) (wakare), past (わか)れた (wakareta))

  1. to separate
  2. to part ways; to bid farewell; to break up with someone

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN