くべつ – Vocabulary details

くべつ

Meanings

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.

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

く

べつ

Conjugations...Used in: 13

Composed of

く

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

べつ

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

くべつをつける

to distinguish between; to tell the difference between

くべつがつく

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

ぜんあくのくべつ

distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad

せいのくべつ

distinction of the sexes

くべつせずに

without distinction; with no distinction

くべつがつかない

unable to tell apart

くべつだて

differentiation; discrimination; distinction

せいてきくべつのない

gender-neutral

はつおんくべつふごう

diacritical mark; diacritic

Examples (26 in total)

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.