JLPT Kanji Course
Free
- 211 lessons
- 0 quizzes
- 96 week duration
-
Previous Levels
-
Level 22
-
Level 23
-
Level 24
-
Level 25
-
Level 26
-
Level 27
-
Level 28
-
Level 29
-
Level 30
-
Level 31
-
Level 32
-
Level 33
-
Level 34
-
Level 35
-
Level 36
-
Level 37
-
Level 38
-
Level 39
-
Level 40
-
Level 41
-
Level 42
-
Level 43
-
Level 44
-
Level 45
-
Level 46
-
Level 47
-
Level 48
-
Level 49
-
Level 50
-
Level 51
-
Level 52
-
Level 53
-
Level 54
-
Level 55
-
Level 56
N4 Kanji 87: 別
Meaning:
In Japanese, 別 means “to break up with”.
How to read it:
| Kunyomi | わか |
| Onyomi | べつ |
How to write it:
Origin:
You can see a knife and the bone, when you break up with your girlfriend/boyfriend, it will be so painful that it feels like a knife is cutting your bone.
So it stands for “to break up with”.
Development:
Vocabulary:
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 別 | べつ | another |
| 別れる | わかれる | to break up with |
| 特別 | とくべつ | special |
| 区別 | くべつ | distinction |
| 差別 | さべつ | discrimination |
| 個別 | こべつ | individual |
| 別々 | べつべつ | separately |
| 別荘 | べっそう | villa |
| 性別 | せいべつ | gender |
| 識別 | しきべつ | identification |
| 格別 | かくべつ | exceptional |
| 分別 | ふんべつ | classification |
| 別人 | べつじん | another person |
| 別名 | べつめい | alias |
| 判別 | はんべつ | discrimination |
| 大別する | たいべつする | to divide roughly |
| 選別 | せんべつ | sorting |
| 別居 | べっきょ | living apart |
| 別個 | べっこ | separate |
| 別冊 | べっさつ | separate volume |
| 別物 | べつもの | another thing |
| 別途 | べっと | separately |
| 別室 | べっしつ | separate room |
| 死別 | しべつ | bereavement |
Patron-only Content:
This website won’t exist without Patrons’ support since it’s completely ad-free.
So I made some special contents for Patrons.
It’s a way of saying thank you!
11+
Prev
N4 Kanji 86: 運
Next
N4 Kanji 88: 動