JLPT N4 vocabulary
別: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
べつ0Heiban · flat
na-adjective
Meaning
- distinction, difference, discrimination
- (no-adjective) (na-adjective) (noun) separate, different, another, extra
- exception, exclusion
- (noun suffix) classified by, ranked by, according to
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 別 | 別 |
| Plain past過去形 | 別 | 別 |
| Polite presentです形 | 別 | 別 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 別 | 別 |
| Te-formて形 | 別 | 別 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 別 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 別 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 別 | 別 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 別 | 別 |
Example sentences
これは別に間違ったことではない。
There is nothing particularly wrong with this.
勝敗は別として、 皆でゲームしようよ。
Putting who wins aside, let's all (just) play the game.