くべつ – Vocabulary details

くべつ

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

1. distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference

それは先せん代だいと区く別べつするため別べつの名な前まえで呼よばれる。It is called by a different name to distinguish it from the predecessor.

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べつ

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

to distinguish between; to tell the difference between

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad

どうやってくべつ付つけるんです？

How do you tell them apart?

我われ々われは彼かの女じょと彼かの女じょの妹いもうとをくべつできない。

We cannot distinguish her and her younger sister.

犬いぬは色いろをくべつすることができない。

Dogs can't distinguish between colors.

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