別れる

わかれる

To part from, to separate, to break up

N4verb·wakareru

How to remember it

Shares a root with 分かれる (to divide) — paths branch apart from each other.

Example sentences

  • 駅で友達と別れた。

    えきでともだちとわかれた。

    I parted with my friend at the station.

  • 二人は去年別れたそうです。

    ふたりはきょねんわかれたそうです。

    I hear the two of them broke up last year.

Usage

Ichidan verb; used with と (part from someone) and for couples breaking up.

Related words

分かれる別れ出会う離れる

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