分け合う|わけあうwakeau[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto share
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 分け合う（わけあう） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 分け合います（わけあいます） |
| Negative (nai) | 分け合わない（わけあわない） |
| polite (masen) | 分け合いません（わけあいません） |
| classical zu / nu | 分け合わず・分け合わぬ（わけあわず・わけあわぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 分け合った（わけあった） |
| polite (mashita) | 分け合いました（わけあいました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 分け合わなかった（わけあわなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 分け合いませんでした（わけあいませんでした） |
| Te form | 分け合って（わけあって） |
| Potential | 分け合える（わけあえる） |
| Passive | 分け合われる（わけあわれる） |
| Causative | 分け合わせる（わけあわせる） |
| Causative passive | 分け合わせられる・分け合わされる（わけあわせられる・わけあわされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 分け合えば（わけあえば） |
| tara | 分け合ったら（わけあったら） |
| Volitional | 分け合おう（わけあおう） |
| polite (mashou) | 分け合いましょう（わけあいましょう） |
| Imperative | 分け合え（わけあえ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym共有きょうゆうNeutralNeutral; works in both speech and writing, as in 「情報を共有する」; leans toward joint ownership rather than dividing something up.
- Synonym分かち合うわかちあうNeutralNeutral; like 「分け合う」 but leans emotional — used for sharing joys and sorrows together, and sounds more lyrical.
- Synonym分け持つわけもつNeutralNeutral; each person takes and holds a separate part; leans toward sharing a burden rather than mutual sharing.
- Related分担ぶんたんNeutralNeutral; about splitting up work or expenses and stresses responsibility; more formal than 「分け合う」.
- Related分かち与えるわかちあたえるWrittenWritten/formal prose; dividing something and giving it out to everyone; one-way giving, not mutual sharing.
- Related分け取りわけどりCasualColloquial; splitting money or goods equally among several people; 「分け合う」 stresses mutual sharing and helping each other.
- Related分け取るわけとるNeutralNeutral; each person takes a portion out of the whole; very close in sense to 「分け合う」.
- Related分け与えるわけあたえるWrittenWritten/formal prose; distributing to each person separately; one-way giving rather than mutual sharing.
- Antonym独占するWrittenWritten/formal prose; one person takes everything; the opposite of mutually sharing as in 「分け合う」.
Use 「分け合う」 when people divide something and share it with each other, as in 「おやつを分け合う」. For sharing joys and sorrows, say 「分かち合う」; for splitting up work or costs, 「分担」. The opposite is 「独占する」, keeping everything for yourself.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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