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JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

別わかれる

wakareru

to break up

Used when a couple ends a relationship. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. あなたが彼女かのじょと別わかれるのは賢明けんめいである。

    You will do well to leave her.

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  2. 二人ににんは別わかれたんだ。

    The two of them split up.

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  3. トムとナンシーは先月せんげつ別わかれた。

    Tom and Nancy broke up last month.

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Kanji in 別

  • 別separate; branch offOnベツKunわかれる・わける

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