別わかれる

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別れる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

part; separate; say goodbye

General parting of people; can be temporary or permanent. Often used with と or に to indicate the person being parted from.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Specifically for romantic couples ending their relationship. 離婚する is more formal for divorce, but 別れる is common in everyday speech.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Euphemistic use for death, often with ～に別れる. Implies a permanent separation through loss.

〈人ひと〉と別わかれるto part ways with someone (say goodbye)
駅えき前まえで友とも達だちと別わかれた。
I said goodbye to my friend in front of the station.
〈人ひと〉に別わかれるto lose (a loved one) to death
若わかくして両りょう親しんに別わかれた。
He lost both his parents while he was still young.
〈場ば所しょ〉で別わかれるto part (from someone) at a place
改かい札さつ口ぐちで別わかれた。
We parted at the ticket gate.

離り婚こんN3sense 2
離婚する is the formal, legal term for divorce, while 別れる is the everyday word covering any romantic breakup.
死し別べつ sense 3
死別する is a formal, explicit term for being bereaved by death, while 別れる is a softer euphemism for the same loss.
破は局きょくN1
別れる is the neutral verb for two people parting or splitting up, while 破局 specifically frames the end of a relationship as a dramatic, often painful collapse.
離はなれるN3
別れる specifically means parting from a person (as in a breakup or farewell), while 離れる covers a much wider range including physical distance, leaving places, and emotional drift.

会あうN5sense 1
会う means to meet someone, the opposite of 別れる's sense of parting from them.
付つき合あうN3sense 2
付き合う means to start dating someone, the opposite of 別れる's sense of ending a romantic relationship.
落おち合あうN1
別れる means to part or separate, the opposite of 落ち合う, which means to come together and meet.
出で会あうN3
別れる means to part or separate from someone, the opposite of 出会う, which means to meet them.

分わかれるN2
分かれる (same reading) means to split or branch off into groups or directions, whereas 別れる is about people parting emotionally or physically.

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Compound of 別 (separation) + れる (verb-forming suffix). The kanji 別 carries the core meaning of 'separate' or 'different'.