JLPT N3 · Verb

分ける (wakeru)

分ける (わける, wakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to divide (into); to split (into)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: わける
Romaji: wakeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up · ichidan verb, transitive
to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out · ichidan verb, transitive
to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between) · ichidan verb, transitive
to break up (a fight); to mediate · ichidan verb, transitive
to call a draw; to tie · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は自分の本を５分野に分けた。

He grouped his books into five categories.

Tatoeba #104850

ケーキをあなた方２人で分けなさい。

Divide the cake between you two.

Tatoeba #225316

母は子供たちに金をわけてやった。

The mother divided the money among her children.

Tatoeba #82995

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

Conjugation of 分ける

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	分ける	わける wakeru
Polite (~masu)	分けます	わけます wakemasu
Negative	分けない	わけない wakenai
Polite negative	分けません	わけません wakemasen
Past	分けた	わけた waketa
Polite past	分けました	わけました wakemashita
Negative past	分けなかった	わけなかった wakenakatta
Te-form	分けて	わけて wakete
Potential	分けられる	わけられる wakerareru
Passive	分けられる	わけられる wakerareru
Causative	分けさせる	わけさせる wakesaseru
Volitional	分けよう	わけよう wakeyou
Imperative	分けろ	わけろ wakero
Conditional (~ba)	分ければ	わければ wakereba

Kanji in 分ける

分

part, minute of time, segmentブン・フン・わ.ける・わ.け · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 分ける.

分ふんminute (unit of time)自分じぶんmyself多分たぶんprobably半分はんぶんhalf分かるわかるto understand気分きぶんfeeling随分ずいぶんvery十分じゅうぶんenough大分だいぶconsiderably分ぶんpart余分よぶんextra部分ぶぶんportion分析ぶんせきanalysis分野ぶんやfield

Source: JMdict entry 1503000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.