Illustration: At a shared apartment's genkan, two residents confront two nearly identical pairs of house slippers mixed together. One crouches and examines the heels closely, pointing to a tiny cat-shaped patch sewn inside one pair.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

見み分わける

miwakeru

to tell apart

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちはその双子ふたごを見みわけることができなかった。

    We could not tell the twins one from the other.

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  2. あなたは緑みどりと青あおを見分みわけることができますか。

    Can you tell green from blue?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 大麦おおむぎと小麦こむぎって見分みわけれる？

    Can you tell barley from wheat?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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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