Illustration: At a neighborhood baseball practice, an adult organizer lifts a rope for two boys carrying gloves, then stretches his other arm across the entrance to stop a girl. She wears the same team uniform and carries the same kind of glove and ball as the boys.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

差さ別べつ

sabetsu

discrimination against people

Example sentences

  1. しかし今日きょうでも、女性じょせいたちは差別さべつと戦たたかっている。

    Even today, however, women struggle against discrimination.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 国籍こくせきや性別せいべつまたは職業しょくぎょうなどで人ひとを差別さべつしてはいけない。

    Don’t discriminate against people based on nationality, gender, or occupation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 人ひとを人種じんしゅで差別さべつするのは間違まちがっている。

    It is wrong of you to discriminate against people because of their race.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 差別

  • 差distinction; differenceOnサKunさす・さし
  • 別separate; branch offOnベツKunわかれる・わける

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