Translation guide
How to express that people, things, or abstract concepts are apart, divided, or no longer together in Japanese.
Describing that two or more people or objects are not together in space.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to be separated', 'to be apart', or 'to become distant'. Focuses on the state of distance.
We are far apart.
The house is far from the station.
Na-adjective or adverb meaning 'separate' or 'individually'. Often used with になる or にする.
They are in separate rooms.
Let's pay separately.
Na-adjective meaning 'separated' or 'apart', often with emotional nuance of being scattered or parted.
The family became separated.
Describing the end of a relationship or the disbanding of a group.
Describing that something is separated into components, categories, or pieces.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to be divided', 'to split', or 'to branch off'. Focuses on the result of division.
The road splits into two.
Passive form of 分ける (to divide), meaning 'to be separated' or 'to be divided' by someone or something.
Trash is separated by type.
Passive of 区切る (to partition), meaning 'to be separated by boundaries or partitions'.
The land is divided into small plots.
Describing that ideas, roles, or categories are kept apart.
These three verbs are all read わかれる or はなれる but have distinct meanings. 離れる (はなれる) is for physical distance. 別れる (わかれる) is for people parting ways or breaking up. 分かれる (わかれる) is for things splitting into parts or branches. Pay attention to the kanji and context.
I broke up with her, but my feelings haven't separated yet.
分ける (わける) is a transitive verb meaning 'to divide' or 'to separate something'. To express the state of being separated, use the intransitive 分かれる or the passive 分けられる.
I parted with my friend at the station.
会議は5時に解散した。
The meeting broke up at 5 o'clock.
Opinions were divided.
That problem cannot be separated from the essence.