割り当てる (wariateru) Japanese meaning: assign | Kotomora

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割り当てる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	割わり当あてる	割わり当あてない
Polite	割わり当あてます	割わり当あてません
Past polite	割わり当あてました	割わり当あてませんでした
Past	割わり当あてた	割わり当あてなかった
Te-form	割わり当あてて	割わり当あてないで
Desire	割わり当あてたい	割わり当あてたくない
Potential	割わり当あてられるalso 割わり当あてれる	割わり当あてられないalso 割わり当あてれない
Passive	割わり当あてられる	割わり当あてられない
Causative	割わり当あてさせる	割わり当あてさせない
Causative passive	割わり当あてさせられる	割わり当あてさせられない
Volitional	割わり当あてよう
Polite volitional	割わり当あてましょう
Imperative	割わり当あてろ	割わり当あてるな
Conditional	割わり当あてれば	割わり当あてなければ
Tara conditional	割わり当あてたら	割わり当あてなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

assign; allot; allocate; distribute

Used for giving out tasks, resources, budgets, seats, or time slots to people or groups. Often implies a planned or proportional division.

Kanji

割proportion, comparatively, divide
当hit, right, appropriate

Related words· 7

配くばるN3
配る means to physically hand out items to individuals, while 割り当てる emphasizes deciding shares or duties in an organizational sense.
振ふり分わける
振り分ける focuses on sorting things into categories or destinations, while 割り当てる focuses on giving out portions or duties.
配はい分ぶんN1
配分する is a formal term for distributing something proportionally, close to 割り当てる but used more for quantities like resources than for tasks.
分ぶん配ぱいN1
分配する typically refers to dividing up profits, property, or goods among parties, whereas 割り当てる is broader and includes assigning tasks or time.

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充じゅう当とう
割り当てる is a general verb for assigning tasks, quotas, or shares, while 充当 is specifically about formally allocating funds or resources to a designated purpose.
充あてる
割り当てる also means 'assign' or 'allocate' but usually implies dividing something among multiple recipients or tasks, while 充てる focuses on setting aside a resource for a single specific purpose.
裂さくN2
割り当てる means to assign or allocate resources in a formal, administrative way, while 裂く (as 割く) emphasizes carving out part of a limited resource like time or staff.

Don't confuse with

割わり込こむN2
割り込む means to cut in or interrupt (e.g. in a line or conversation), which learners can confuse with 割り当てる because both share the kanji 割 but have unrelated meanings.

Word family· 8

割わり当あてN1
allotment; assignment; allocation; quota; rationing · allocation (computing)
割わり当あて額がく
allotment; allocation; assigned amount
キー割わり当あて
key assignment

Built from

割わる+当あてる

Written forms

割わり当あてるUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling with high frequency and news priority.
割わり当あてるUsage5%
Variant spelling without okurigana り; less common but still recognized.
わりあてるUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 割り (wari, 'division, share', from 割る 'to divide') + 当てる (ateru, 'to assign, to hit'). The combination yields the meaning 'to assign by dividing'.

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