Word details

別に

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 別に.

Dictionary

Entry

別につにAdverbFreq #293
1

With neg. sentence

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially

Examples
たまにまる一日ぼけっとしていても別に悪い事じゃない。
It's no crime to just idle the whole day once in a while.
2

separately; apart; additionally; extra

Examples
ソースを別にください。
I'd like the sauce on the side.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially

7 strokesFrequency 214JLPT N3Grade 4

On

ベツ

Kun

わか.れるわ.ける

Nanori

べっ

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