Illustration: At a Japanese sewing workshop, an apprentice sorts a mixed pile of same-sized round buttons into two shallow dishes. One dish contains only two-hole buttons and the other only four-hole buttons.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

区く別べつ

kubetsu

distinction, difference

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼女かのじょと妹いもうとを区別くべつできなかった。

    I couldn’t tell her from her sister.

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  2. 双子ふたごの区別くべつは難むずかしいことがある。

    It is sometimes difficult to tell twins apart.

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  3. 羊ひつじと山羊やぎの区別くべつがわかりますか。

    Can you tell a sheep from a goat?

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Kanji in 区別

  • 区ward; districtOnク・オウ・コウ
  • 別separate; branch offOnベツKunわかれる・わける

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