割る
わる · waru
To divide
- to cut, to halve, to separate, to split, to rip
- to break, to crack, to smash
- to dilute
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 割ますわます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 割ませんわません |
| Polite past (ました) | 割ましたわました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 割ませんでしたわませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 割ましょうわましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 割わ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 割たいわたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 割ながらわながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 割てわて |
| Plain past (た形) | 割たわた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 割たらわたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 割ているわている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 割ないわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 割なかったわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 割なくてわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 割られるわられる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 割ればわれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 割ろわろ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 割ようわよう |
| Passive (受身形) | 割られるわられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 割させるわさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 割させられるわさせられる |
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What does 割る mean?
To divide. It can also mean: to cut, to halve, to separate, to split, to rip; to break, to crack, to smash; to dilute.
How do you pronounce 割る?
わる (waru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 割る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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