JLPT N2 · な-adjective

別々 (betsubetsu)

別々 (べつべつ, betsubetsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “separate; respective”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: べつべつ
Romaji: betsubetsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

separate; respective; different · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

我々は別れて別々の道を行った。

We broke up and went our own ways.

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

Conjugation of 別々

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	別々だ	べつべつだ betsubetsuda
Present (polite)	別々です	べつべつです betsubetsudesu
Negative	別々じゃない	べつべつじゃない betsubetsujanai
Past	別々だった	べつべつだった betsubetsudatta
Negative past	別々じゃなかった	べつべつじゃなかった betsubetsujanakatta
Te-form	別々で	べつべつで betsubetsude
Before a noun	別々な	べつべつな betsubetsuna
Adverb (~ni)	別々に	べつべつに betsubetsuni

Kanji in 別々

別

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 別々.

別べつdistinction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個別こべつindividual一別いちべつparting

Source: JMdict entry 1603290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.