分かれる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 分かれる | 分かれない |
| Polite | 分かれます | 分かれません |
| Past polite | 分かれました | 分かれませんでした |
| Past | 分かれた | 分かれなかった |
| Te-form | 分かれて | 分かれないで |
| Desire | 分かれたい | 分かれたくない |
| Potential | 分かれられるalso 分かれれる | 分かれられないalso 分かれれない |
| Passive | 分かれられる | 分かれられない |
| Causative | 分かれさせる | 分かれさせない |
| Causative passive | 分かれさせられる | 分かれさせられない |
| Volitional | 分かれよう | |
| Polite volitional | 分かれましょう | |
| Imperative | 分かれろ | 分かれるな |
| Conditional | 分かれれば | 分かれなければ |
| Tara conditional | 分かれたら | 分かれなかったら |
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
Used for roads, rivers, paths, or abstract courses that split into two or more directions.
This road branches into two in front of the station.
川が山のふもとで三つに分かれている。
The river splits into three at the foot of the mountain.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
Describes people, groups, or things moving apart or being divided into parts. Often used for breakups, group splits, or physical separation.
会議のあと、参加者は三つのグループに分かれた。
After the meeting, the participants split into three groups.
二人はけんかして、結局分かれることになった。
They had a fight and ended up separating.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
Used when a crowd, group, or collection of things spreads out and goes in different directions.
デモ隊は警察の指示で四方に分かれた。
The demonstrators dispersed in all directions on the police's orders.
Ahead, the road forks into two.
Opinions are divided on the new plan.
After the fireworks ended, the crowd dispersed in all directions and went home.
The students split into four groups to work.
分かれる is a common, everyday verb meaning to split or divide, while 分岐 is a more formal noun/suru-verb that specifically evokes a fork-like divergence, often in technical contexts.
分かれる means 'to separate/split apart', the opposite of 混ざる, which means things come together and blend.
分かれる means to separate or divide, the opposite of 混じる's sense of things coming together and mixing.
offshoot; branch; fork
to split and fight; to quarrel and separate
branch out; diverge; radiate
Rarely used kanji form specifically for branching or forking, such as a road or river.