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仕分ける · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	仕し分わける	仕し分わけない
Polite	仕し分わけます	仕し分わけません
Past polite	仕し分わけました	仕し分わけませんでした
Past	仕し分わけた	仕し分わけなかった
Te-form	仕し分わけて	仕し分わけないで
Desire	仕し分わけたい	仕し分わけたくない
Potential	仕し分わけられるalso 仕し分わけれる	仕し分わけられないalso 仕し分わけれない
Passive	仕し分わけられる	仕し分わけられない
Causative	仕し分わけさせる	仕し分わけさせない
Causative passive	仕し分わけさせられる	仕し分わけさせられない
Volitional	仕し分わけよう
Polite volitional	仕し分わけましょう
Imperative	仕し分わけろ	仕し分わけるな
Conditional	仕し分わければ	仕し分わけなければ
Tara conditional	仕し分わけたら	仕し分わけなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

sort; classify; journalize

General term for sorting items into categories. In accounting, specifically means to record transactions in a journal (journalize).

書しょ類るいを種しゅ類るいごとに仕し分わける。
I sort the documents by type.
経けい理り部ぶでは毎まい日にちの取とり引ひきを仕し分わけている。
The accounting department journals the daily transactions.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を〈事こと〉に仕し分わけるto sort things into (categories)
ごみを可か燃ねんと不ふ燃ねんに仕し分わける。
We sort the garbage into burnable and non-burnable.
取とり引ひきを仕し分わけるto journalize a transaction (accounting)
会かい計けい士しが毎まい月つきの取とり引ひきを仕し分わけている。
The accountant journalizes the monthly transactions.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
分part, minute of time, segment
訳translate, reason, circumstance

Related words

分ぶん類るいN2
分類する is a more formal, systematic term for classification (e.g. scientific categories), while 仕分ける is used for everyday practical sorting.
整せい理りN4
整理する means to tidy up and organize things generally, while 仕分ける specifically means separating items into distinct categories.
区く分ぶんN2
区分する is a slightly formal word for dividing things into sections or divisions, close to 仕分ける but more often used for administrative or spatial divisions.
選より分わけるN1
仕分ける suggests a deliberate, organized sorting often used in business or logistics, whereas 選り分ける can be more casual and physical.
分わけるN4
仕分ける is used for sorting items into categories in an organized, often clerical way, while 分ける is the general word for dividing or classifying anything.

Don't confuse with

仕し分わけ
仕訳する is the specific accounting term for making a journal entry, while 仕分ける is the broader everyday word for sorting things (and only secondarily used for journalizing).

Word family

仕し分わけ
classification; sorting; grouping · journalizing; assortment journalizing
事じ業ぎょう仕し分わけ
government program review; budget screening

Written forms

仕し分わけるUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling for sorting and classifying.
しわけるUsage24%
仕し訳わける
Alternate kanji form; 訳 carries a nuance of distinguishing or separating, but 仕分ける is more common.

Etymology

Compound of 仕 (し, 'to do') and 分ける (わける, 'to divide'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with sorting and classifying.