First opened Tuesday, April 29, 2008
別に
べつに
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(not) particularly, nothing
Betsu ni is 別 (betsu, “separate”) plus に (ni): literally separately, used idiomatically to mean especially; compare Korean 별로 (byeollo).
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Written with 別
In a sentence
ソースを別にください。
I'd like the sauce on the side.
ソースは別に添えてください。
I'd like to have the sauce on the side, please.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “別 (betsu, “separate”) + に (ni, particle), literally separately, used idiomatically to mean something closer to especially. Compare Korean 별로 (byeollo).”
Source: Wiktionary: 別に (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.