Word Meaning 別れる

わかれる wakareru

別れる is read as わかれる (wakareru) and means to lose (e.g. one's mother).

Meaning

English

  1. to lose (e.g. one's mother)
  2. to be bereaved
  3. to separate (of a couple)
  4. to break up
  5. to divorce
  6. to part (usu. of people)
  7. to part from
  8. to part with

Reading

Kana

わかれる

Romaji

wakareru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 会う Related Words 決裂,決別,破局,マンネリ化,倦怠期,別れ,別れ話,離婚 Rank 5651 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

別名

べつめい

another name

別に

べつに

(not) particularly

別れ

わかれ

parting

別々

べつべつ

separate

べつ

exception

別人

べつじん

different person

別問題

べつもんだい

different thing

別院

べついん

branch temple

別館

べっかん

annex (to a building)

別室

べっしつ

concubine (of a noble)

別世界

べっせかい

another world

別紙

べっし

enclosure

Example Sentences

10

そのみちはとちゅうでふたつにわかれる。

That road forks into two partway along.

Are you breaking up with Tom?

Are you going to break up with Tom?

Are you breaking up with me?

Is Tom going to dump Mary?

She plans to break up with her boyfriend.

She is going to part from her boyfriend.

Tom finally made up his mind to leave Mary.

It was time to part, but still the couple clung together.

He always kisses his girlfriend goodbye when they part ways.