割れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Verb

割れる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana われる, rōmaji wareru)

Japanese verb pair
active 割る
mediopassive 割れる
  1. be broken, break itself
     (きょう) (ふう) (まど)ガラスが ()れた
    Kyōfū de madogarasu ga wareta.
    Windowpanes were broken by a strong wind.
  2. be divided; crack; be split
    見方 (みかた) (よっ)つに ()れた
    Mikata ga yottsu ni wareta.
    Views were divided into four.
  3. can be divided; be divisible
     (ろく) (さん) ()れる
    Roku wa san de wareru.
    Six is divisible by three.
  4. (colloquial) be revealed; be identified
    • 1961, Mashiho Chiri (知里真志保), 「えぞおばけ列伝」:
      禿頭 (はげあたま)だといい、煙草 (たばこ) ()しがるといい、そこを ()っこんで ()けば、この (れん) (ちゅう) () (じょう) ()そうだ。
      Hage atama da to ī, tabako o hoshigaru to ī, soko o tsukkonde ike ba, kono renchū no sujō ga ware sō da.
      Being bald is one thing, longing for cigarettes is another. By chasing after these characteristics, we could reveal who they are.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  •  () (もの) (waremono, breakable, fragile object)
  •  () () (wareme, crack)
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