Explore two common uses of 仕切る in polite Japanese.
The idea
仕切る is a transitive godan verb. With 会議 or イベント as its object, it means to take charge and keep things moving; with 部屋 or 空間, it means to partition a space. The object takes を, and a divider can take で.
| Dictionary form | Polite non-past | Polite negative | Polite past | て form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 仕切る | 仕切ります | 仕切りません | 仕切りました | 仕切って |
Examples
- 田中さんが会議を仕切ります。Ms Tanaka runs the meeting.
- 彼はイベントをうまく仕切りました。He managed the event well.
- カーテンで部屋を二つに仕切ります。We divide the room in two with a curtain.
- 棚で空間を仕切って使います。We divide the space with shelves and use it that way.
- 今日の話し合いは私が仕切りません。I will not lead today’s discussion.
- 誰がこの企画を仕切っていますか。Who is in charge of this project?
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Watch out
Although it ends in る, 仕切る is godan: its て form is 仕切って, not 仕切て. Running a meeting and physically dividing a room are distinct senses.
Try it yourself
＿。（仕切る→ます）
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仕切ります
仕切ります is the polite non-past; the godan stem is 仕切り.
＿。（仕切る→て）
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仕切って
仕切って is the て form: final る changes to って.
カーテンで部屋を二つに＿。（仕切ります／仕切りません）
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仕切ります
仕切ります completes the affirmative statement that a curtain divides the room in two.
Practice round
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＿。（仕切る→ます）
＿。（仕切る→て）
カーテンで部屋を二つに＿。（仕切ります／仕切りません）
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