How to Say ‘To be partitioned off’ in Japanese
仕切られる
shikira reru
[shee-KEE-rah reh-ROO]
💬 Usage Tip: The られる ending turns "to partition" into "to be partitioned". That's why restaurants describe their seating with this form: the space has been divided, but no one is named as doing it.
Phrase Breakdown
仕切ら
shikira
[shee-KEE-rah]
to partition; to divide off
Stem of 仕切る; to separate a space with walls or screens.
部屋を壁で仕切らないでください。
Please don't divide the room with a wall.
れる
reru
[reh-ROO]
passive ending (be ~ed)
Turns the verb passive: to be saved.
名前を呼ばれる。
To have one's name called.
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