JLPT N4 · な-adjective

別 (betsu)

別 (べつ, betsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “distinction; difference”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: べつ
Romaji: betsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

distinction; difference; discrimination · noun
separate; different; another; extra · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
exception; exclusion · noun · oft. as 別として
classified by; ranked by; according to · suffix noun

Example sentences

また別のときにチェスをしましょう。

Let's play chess another time.

Tatoeba #195395

これらの本を主題別に分類してください。

Please classify these books by subject.

Tatoeba #217761

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

Conjugation of 別

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	別だ	べつだ betsuda
Present (polite)	別です	べつです betsudesu
Negative	別じゃない	べつじゃない betsujanai
Past	別だった	べつだった betsudatta
Negative past	別じゃなかった	べつじゃなかった betsujanakatta
Te-form	別で	べつで betsude
Before a noun	別な	べつな betsuna
Adverb (~ni)	別に	べつに betsuni

Kanji in 別

別

separate, branch off, divergeベツ・わか.れる・わ.ける · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 別.

特別とくべつspecial別れるわかれるto part (usu. of people)区別くべつdistinction差別さべつdistinction別れわかれparting (of people)別にべつに(not) particularly格別かくべつparticular性別せいべつ(distinction of) sex送別そうべつfarewell別荘べっそうholiday house別々べつべつseparate個別こべつindividual一別いちべつparting

Source: JMdict entry 1509430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.