分かれる・岐れる|わかれるwakareru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto branch; to fork; to diverge
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto separate; to split; to divide
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto disperse; to scatter
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 分かれる(わかれる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 分かれます(わかれます) |
| Negative (nai) | 分かれない(わかれない) |
| polite (masen) | 分かれません(わかれません) |
| classical zu / nu | 分かれず・分かれぬ(わかれず・わかれぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 分かれた(わかれた) |
| polite (mashita) | 分かれました(わかれました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 分かれなかった(わかれなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 分かれませんでした(わかれませんでした) |
| Te form | 分かれて(わかれて) |
| Potential | 分かれられる(わかれられる) |
| Passive | 分かれられる(わかれられる) |
| Causative | 分かれさせる(わかれさせる) |
| Causative passive | 分かれさせられる(わかれさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 分かれれば(わかれれば) |
| tara | 分かれたら(わかれたら) |
| Volitional | 分かれよう(わかれよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 分かれましょう(わかれましょう) |
| Imperative | 分かれろ(わかれろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
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- Synonym分岐ぶんきWrittenWritten-style noun for the branching itself; a fork in the road is 「分岐点」. 「分かれる」 is the verb form.
- Synonym枝分かれえだわかれNeutralBranching off like tree limbs, with the focus on the shape of the branches; 「分かれる」 is the more general word.
- Related分裂ぶんれつNeutralA whole splitting into parts, usually with a negative shade, as in 「党が分裂」. 「分かれる」 is more neutral about the split.
- Related別れるわかれるNeutralA homophone of the headword: use it when people part or a couple breaks up; 「分かれる」 is for one thing dividing into parts.
- Related分離ぶんりWrittenWritten-style word for separating or detaching things; 「分かれる」 is the more colloquial option.
- Related食い違うくいちがうNeutralSaid of opinions or facts that fail to match up. 「分かれる」 stresses dividing into camps rather than simply disagreeing.
- Related分かれ出るわかれでるNeutralBranching out from something, but rare in actual use; say 「分かれる」 in most cases.
- Antonym合流するNeutralAntonym: things or groups merging into one, the reverse of 「分かれる」 forking apart.
Use 「分かれる」 for roads forking, opinions dividing or a group splitting. People parting is 「別れる」; the branching itself is 「分岐」 (fork: 「分岐点」); a split, often negative, is 「分裂」; merging is 「合流」.
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