別れ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
別
わか
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 別(わか)れる (wakareru).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) わかれ​ [wàkáréꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠ɾe̞]

Noun

別(わか)れ • (wakare) 

  1. parting; farewell; goodbye
  2. (relationships) a breakup
    • 2015 September 14, Shoji, Kaori, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times‎, retrieved 2023-04-11:
      On a smaller scale, there’s the roster of small catastrophes called sainan (災難); these include [...] wakare (別れ, break-ups) [...] and other relationship troubles.

Derived terms

Verb

別(わか)れ • (wakare) 

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 別れる (wakareru) [ichidan]

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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