Illustration: In a small animal shelter, a caretaker kneels before three nearly identical white rabbits. Each rabbit has a different dark patch near one ear. On a low shelf sit three carriers, each holding a large photograph of its rabbit at the entrance.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

識しき別べつ

shikibetsu

to identify, distinguish

Example sentences

  1. 子供こどもの声こえはたやすく識別しきべつできる。

    You can identify children’s voices without any problem.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 正邪せいじゃを識別しきべつすることは必かならずしもやさしいことではない。

    It is not always easy to separate right from wrong.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 縄文土器じょうもんどきの多様性たようせいは、時代差じだいさや地域差ちいきさを識別しきべつする基準きじゅんとして有効ゆうこうである。

    The diversity of Jomon earthenware can be used to determine time and identify regional differences.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 識別

  • 識discriminating; knowOnシキKunしる・しるす
  • 別separate; branch offOnベツKunわかれる・わける

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