Illustration: In a neighborhood hall kitchen, four volunteers prepare picnic lunches around one long table. One shapes rice balls, another portions vegetables, a third places both into boxes, and the fourth closes and stacks the finished lunches.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

手て分わけ

tewake

to divide up the work

Example sentences

  1. 医学生いがくせいが手分てわけして勉強べんきょうすることはまれである。

    Shared studying among premeds is rare.

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  2. 家族かぞくで手分てわけして部屋へやを片かたづけた。

    The family divided up the work of tidying the rooms.

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  3. 駅えきで手分てわけして忘わすれ物ものを探さがした。

    We split up at the station to look for the lost item.

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Kanji in 手分

  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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