Illustration: At a Japanese community centre, a volunteer sorts a mixed heap of wooden play pieces into three shallow trays containing circles, triangles and squares. Her hand holds the final triangle directly above the triangle tray, while several unsorted pieces remain on the mat between her knees.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

分わけ

wake

division, classification

Usually appears in compounds. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ちゃんとカテゴリー分わけして整理せいりしてる。

    I make sure to sort things into categories and keep them organized.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  2. 蛍光けいこうペンで色分いろわけすると、ノートが一気いっきに見みやすくなる。

    Using highlighters to color code your notes makes them much easier to read.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 余あまったお菓子かしをみんなで山やま分わけした。

    We split the leftover snacks among ourselves.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 分

  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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