Keyword
separate
- branch off
- diverge
- fork
- another
- extra
- specially
- Frequency
- #214
- Strokes
- 7
- Grade
- 4
- JLPT (old)
- N3
- Heisig
- 94
Readings
ベツ91%
わか9%
Mnemonic
A mouth clamps on a big banknote while a rival hooks a clothes hanger around it and waves a knife to separate them.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
別
distinction; difference; discrimination; separate; different; another; extra; exception; exclusion; classified by; …
Noun
別に
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally; extra
Adverb
別れる
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
Ichidan verb
特別区
special ward; administrative subdivision of a prefecture that has a directly elected mayor and assembly; special economic zone (in China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong); special district (of a nation with a federal structure)
Noun