I Love Kanji割る (waru)
割る (わる, waru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to divide”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- わる
- Romaji
- waru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to divide · godan verb, transitive
- to cut; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip · godan verb, transitive
- to break; to crack; to smash · godan verb, transitive
- to dilute · godan verb, transitive
- to fall below · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 割る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 割る | わる waru |
| Polite (~masu) | 割ります | わります warimasu |
| Negative | 割らない | わらない waranai |
| Polite negative | 割りません | わりません warimasen |
| Past | 割った | わった watta |
| Polite past | 割りました | わりました warimashita |
| Negative past | 割らなかった | わらなかった waranakatta |
| Te-form | 割って | わって watte |
| Potential | 割れる | われる wareru |
| Passive | 割られる | わられる warareru |
| Causative | 割らせる | わらせる waraseru |
| Volitional | 割ろう | わろう warou |
| Imperative | 割れ | われ ware |
| Conditional (~ba) | 割れば | われば wareba |
Kanji in 割る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 割る.
割合わりあいrate割れるわれるto break役割やくわりpart割算わりざんdivision割とわりとcomparatively割引わりびきdiscount時間割じかんわりtimetable (esp. a weekly school timetable)割合にわりあいにcomparatively割わりrate割当わりあてallotment割込むわりこむto cut into (a line, conversation, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1208000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.