JLPT N4 · Verb

割れる (wareru)

割れる (われる, wareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to break; to be smashed”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
われる
Romaji
wareru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to break; to be smashed · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn · ichidan verb, intransitive
  3. to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party) · ichidan verb, intransitive
  4. to come to light; to become clear; to be identified; to be revealed · ichidan verb, intransitive
  5. to become distorted (of sound); to clip · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

プラスチックは割れにくい。
Plastic does not break easily.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 割れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary割れるわれる wareru
Polite (~masu)割れますわれます waremasu
Negative割れないわれない warenai
Polite negative割れませんわれません waremasen
Past割れたわれた wareta
Polite past割れましたわれました waremashita
Negative past割れなかったわれなかった warenakatta
Te-form割れてわれて warete
Potential割れられるわれられる warerareru
Passive割れられるわれられる warerareru
Causative割れさせるわれさせる waresaseru
Volitional割れようわれよう wareyou
Imperative割れろわれろ warero
Conditional (~ba)割れればわれれば warereba

Kanji in 割れる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 割れる.

Source: JMdict entry 1208020 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.