くべつ – Vocabulary details

くべつ

Noun

Verb (する)

1. distinction; differentiation; classification

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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

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.

彼かれは本ほん物ものと偽にせ物ものをくべつできない。

He can't tell the real thing from the fake.

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