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    3. 別れる

    別れる

    別わかれ​る​

    to part (usu. of people)

    N4KMT8News #23+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab10 strokes

    わかれる

    Verb, Intransitive

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

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    友とも達だちと駅えきで別わかれた。

    I parted ways with my friend at the station.

    KMT7Daily Life
    彼かれらは結けっ婚こんして10年ねんで別わかれることになった。

    They ended up separating after 10 years of marriage.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは夫おっとと別わかれることを決けつ意いした。

    She decided to separate from her husband.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    幼おさない頃ころに両りょう親しんと別わかれて以い来らい、祖そ母ぼに育そだてられた。

    Since parting with my parents when I was young, I was raised by my grandmother.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    故こ郷きょうを別わかれて都と会かいに出でる決けっ心しんをした。

    I decided to leave my hometown and go to the city.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    別
    わか.れる・わ.ける…(2)
    separate・branch off・diverge・fork・another…(2)
    Kanji
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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