How to say "allocate" in Japanese

• 割り当てるわりあてるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe most direct equivalent of 'allocate': you divide something up and assign a portion to a particular person, group, or purpose, as with time, money, or work. The nuance is a deliberate, settled apportionment.
  私に新あたらしい部屋へやが割り当わりあてられた。↗

  A new room was assigned to me.
• 割り振るわりふるCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbNear-synonymous with 割り当てる, but it stresses the act of dividing something up and distributing the shares among those involved, as when splitting a workload across a team.
  登場とうじょう人物じんぶつがうまく割り振わりふられていた。↗

  The characters were well cast.
• 配るくばるJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbIts 'allocate' sense is about deploying people—placing staff or soldiers where they are needed. For assigning time or money to a purpose it is seldom the word you want; use 割り当てる or 割り振る.

Choose 「割り当てる」 to assign a share of time, money, or work to a person or purpose; 「割り振る」 is a near-equivalent stressing the dividing-up and handing-out of shares; 「配る」 mainly covers placing or deploying people and resources.

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• 割り当てるわりあてるto assign
• 割り振るわりふるto assign
• あてがうto allot
• アロケートallocate
• 向けるむけるto allot
• 振るふるto cast (actor)
• 配るくばるto allot
• 振り向けるふりむけるto appropriate