弁える – Vocabulary details

弁わきまえる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish

それに、言いっていい情じょう報ほうと悪わるい情じょう報ほうの区く別べつぐらいわきまえてるさ。Besides, I can at least tell information I can share from information I can't.

2. to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

おまえは兄あに貴きと違ちがって礼れい儀ぎをわきまえているな。Unlike your big brother, you know your manners.

dialect

わ

きまえ

る

わ

きま

える

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