分わける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

divide; split; separate; classify

Broad physical and abstract use: dividing something into parts, splitting groups, separating items, or classifying things.

• ケーキを四よっつに分わける。

  Divide the cake into four pieces.

• ゴミを燃もえるものと燃もえないものに分わける。

  Separate the trash into burnable and non-burnable.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

share; distribute; deal out

Used for sharing or distributing something among people, such as food, money, or tasks.

• みんなでお菓か子しを分わけた。

  We shared the snacks among everyone.

• 仕し事ごとをチームで分わける。

  Distribute the work among the team.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

distinguish; differentiate; tell apart

Used for telling things apart, recognizing differences, or making distinctions.

• 善ぜん悪あくを分わけるのは難むずかしい。

  It's difficult to distinguish right from wrong.

• 彼かれは双ふた子ごの兄きょう弟だいを声こえで分わけられる。

  He can tell the twin brothers apart by their voices.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

break up a fight; mediate

Used for intervening in a fight or argument to separate the parties.

• 先せん生せいが生せい徒とのけんかを分わけた。

  The teacher broke up the students' fight.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

call a draw; tie

Used in sports or games when the result is a draw or tie.

• 試し合あいを分わける。

  The match ends in a draw.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

push through a crowd

Used when forcing one's way through a crowd by parting people.

• 人ひと混ごみを分わけて進すすむ。

  Push through the crowd.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

sell

Only when written 頒ける

Rare, archaic use meaning 'to sell'; also written as 頒ける. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、品しな物ものを頒わけると書かいて「わける」と読よませることがある。

  In old documents, 頒ける is sometimes used to mean 'to sell' and read as わける.