Illustration: At a neighborhood cat shelter, two nearly identical white cats sit shoulder to shoulder on a low bench. A caretaker gently raises the chin of one, revealing a tiny dark patch beneath its jaw, while the other cat's chin is plainly unmarked. Two matching carriers wait open beside the bench.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

見み分わけ

miwake

distinction, telling apart

Example sentences

  1. その双子ふたごは見分みわけがつかない。

    The twins are indistinguishable from each other.

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  2. 小麦こむぎと大麦おおむぎの見分みわけってつく？

    Can you tell wheat from barley?

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  3. 彼かれと彼かれの兄あにとは見分みわけがつかない。

    I cannot tell him from his brother.

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Kanji in 見分

  • 見see; lookOnケンKunみる・みえる・みせる
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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