How to say "split" in Japanese

• 分けるわけるJLPT N3approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb for deliberately dividing or splitting something into parts, such as splitting a bill, a group, or a pile of items among people or categories.
  彼かれは自分じぶんの本ほんを５分野ぶんやに分わけた。↗

  He grouped his books into five categories.
• 分裂ぶんれつJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA noun (or verbal noun) for a split or breakup of a single whole into separate pieces, typically used of cells dividing or organizations and groups breaking apart.
  党派とうはは二ふたつに分裂ぶんれつした。↗

  The party was split up into two.
• 裂けるさけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbAn intransitive verb for something physically splitting or tearing open, such as cloth, paper, or wood coming apart along a line.
  この布ぬのは裂さけやすい。↗

  This cloth tears easily.
• スプリットCommon
  nounThe loanword, used mostly in technical, sports, or specialized contexts (such as the gymnastic splits); rarely the everyday word for splitting things.
• 割れ目われめCommon
  nounA noun for a physical crack, crevice, or fissure in a hard object; it names the split itself rather than the act of splitting.
  彼かれは割れ目われめをパテでふさいだ。↗

  He stopped up the crack with putty.

Use 「分ける」 for actively dividing something, 「裂ける」 for something tearing apart, 分裂 for cells or groups splitting, 「割れ目」 for a physical crack or fissure, and 「スプリット」 mainly in technical or loanword contexts.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 分けるわけるto divide (into)
• 分裂ぶんれつsplit
• 裂けるさけるto split
• スプリットsplit
• 割れ目われめcrack
• きれるto break
• 削げるそげるto split
• 打ち割るうちわるto split (by striking)
• 爆ぜるはぜるto burst open
• 張り裂けるはりさけるto burst (open)
• 破れ目やぶれめrent
• 断ち割るたちわるto cut apart
• 折れ口おれくちbreak
• 袂を分かつたもとをわかつto part (from)
• 割り目わりめcrack
• つんざくto break
• 劈へきbreak
• 割れるわれるto split
• 分かれるわかれるto separate
• 破局はきょくcollapse (of a relationship)
• 切り崩すきりくずすto split (the opposition)
• ひびrift (in a relationship)
• 割るわるto cut