Japanese

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) わる [wàrú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾ̠ɯᵝ]

Verb

割る ‎(transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana わる, romaji waru)

1. break (into separate pieces)

   ガラスを粉々に割る

   break glass into pieces

2. split; cut (apart)
3. separate
4. divide

   12を3で割ると4になる。

   Divide twelve by three and you get four.

   自治体を3つに割る

   divide a municipality into three municipalities

Synonyms

• (break): 破 (やぶ)る ‎(yaburu)
• (divide): 分 (わ)ける ‎(wakeru)

Antonyms

• (break): くっつける ‎(kuttsukeru)
• (divide): 合 (あ)わせる ‎(awaseru)

Derived terms

• 割引 (わりびき) ‎(waribiki, “discount”)
• 割 (わ)れる ‎(wareru, “broken; divisible”)
• 割合 (わりあい) ‎(wariai, “comparatively; ratio”)
• 割 (わ)り ‎(wari, “ratio, proportion; one tenth; mixed with or diluted with”)

Conjugation

Conjunction

割る ‎(hiragana わる, romaji waru)

1. (mathematics) divided by

   12割る3は4。

   12 divided by 3 is 4.

Coordinate terms

• 足 (た)す ‎(tasu, “add”)
• 引 (ひ)く ‎(hiku, “subtract”)
• 掛 (か)ける ‎(kakeru, “multiply”)

Etymology 2

Verb

割る ‎(intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana われる, romaji wareru)

1. Alternative spelling of 割れる

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9