送そう別べつ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

送別する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	送そう別べつする	送そう別べつしない
Polite	送そう別べつします	送そう別べつしません
Past polite	送そう別べつしました	送そう別べつしませんでした
Past	送そう別べつした	送そう別べつしなかった
Te-form	送そう別べつして	送そう別べつしないで
Desire	送そう別べつしたい	送そう別べつしたくない
Potential	送そう別べつできる	送そう別べつできない
Passive	送そう別べつされる	送そう別べつされない
Causative	送そう別べつさせる	送そう別べつさせない
Causative passive	送そう別べつさせられる	送そう別べつさせられない
Volitional	送そう別べつしよう
Polite volitional	送そう別べつしましょう
Imperative	送そう別べつしろ	送そう別べつするな
Conditional	送そう別べつすれば	送そう別べつしなければ
Tara conditional	送そう別べつしたら	送そう別べつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

farewell; send-off

Refers to seeing someone off when they leave a workplace, school, group, or place; common in compounds and phrases such as 送別会, 送別の言葉, and 送別する.

来らい週しゅう、田た中なかさんの送そう別べつ会かいを開ひらきます。
We will hold a farewell party for Tanaka next week.
部ぶ署しょのみんなで退たい職しょくする上じょう司しを送そう別べつした。
Everyone in the department gave a send-off to the boss who was retiring.
彼かの女じょは送そう別べつの言こと葉ばを短みじかく述のべた。
She gave a brief farewell message.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を送そう別べつするto give someone a farewell send-off
退たい職しょくする部ぶ長ちょうを送そう別べつすることになった。
We're going to give the retiring department head a send-off.
送そう別べつ会かいを開ひらくto hold a farewell party
同どう僚りょうのために送そう別べつ会かいを開ひらいた。
We held a farewell party for our colleague.
送そう別べつの言こと葉ばwords of farewell
先せん輩ぱいは送そう別べつの言こと葉ばを述のべた。
My senior colleague gave a farewell speech.
〈人ひと〉に送そう別べつの品しなを贈おくるto give someone a farewell gift
みんなで彼かの女じょに送そう別べつの品しなを贈おくった。
We all gave her a farewell gift.

Kanji

送escort, send
別separate, branch off, diverge

Related words

見み送おくりN3
見送り is a broader word that can mean seeing someone off or postponing something, while 送別 specifically means a farewell held for someone who is leaving.
歓かん送そう
歓送 is a more formal, set-phrase word for warmly sending someone off, while 送別 is the everyday word used in phrases like 送別会.
壮そう行こう
送別 is a general word for a farewell or parting, while 壮行 specifically implies a rousing send-off that encourages someone facing a challenge.
告こく別べつ
送別 refers to seeing someone off on a departure (e.g. a transfer or move), whereas 告別 sounds more solemn and can imply a permanent or final farewell.

Opposites

歓かん迎げいN3
歓迎 means welcoming someone who is arriving, the opposite of 送別, which means bidding farewell to someone who is leaving.

Don't confuse with

送そう迎げい
送迎 means transporting someone to and from a place (pick-up and drop-off) and carries no sense of farewell, unlike 送別.

Word family

送そう別べつ会かいN3
farewell party; send-off party

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 送 means to send or see off, and 別 means parting or separation. The meaning is compositionally associated with sending someone off at a parting.