to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
Examples (5 in total)
銀とブリキのくべつがつきますか。
Can you tell silver and tin apart?
彼には緑と青のくべつがつかなかった。
He couldn't tell green from blue.
私にはトムとトムの弟とのくべつがつかない。
I can't tell Tom and his younger brother apart.
彼には事実と虚構のくべつがつかない。
He can't tell fact from fiction.
そのふたごの女の子はとてもよく似ていて、私にはくべつがつかなかった。
The twin girls looked so much alike that I couldn't tell them apart.