割る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

割る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana わる, rōmaji waru)

Japanese verb pair
active 割る
mediopassive 割れる
  1. break (into separate pieces)
    ガラスを粉々 (こなごな) ()
    garasu o konagona ni waru
    break glass into pieces
  2. split; cut (apart)
  3. separate
  4. divide
     (じゅう) () (さん) () (よん)になる。
    Jūni o san de waru to yon ni naru.
    Divide twelve by three and you get four.
    自治体 (じちたい) (みっ)つに ()
    jichitai o mittsu ni waru
    divide a municipality into three municipalities
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Conjunction

割る (hiragana わる, rōmaji waru)

  1. (mathematics) divided by
     () (じゅう) () (さん) (よん)
    Nijū waru san wa yon.
    12 divided by 3 is 4.
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
われ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Verb

割る (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana われる, rōmaji wareru)

  1. Alternative spelling of 割れる

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

warez in Japanese romanized reading

Verb

割る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana わる, rōmaji waru)

  1. (Internet slang) To get warez.
Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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