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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

区く別べつ

N3
くべつ kubetsu
  1. distinction
  2. differentiation
  3. classification
nounする verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

区别;区分

Examples

  • 私わたしは彼かの女じょと妹いもうとを区く別べつできなかった。
    I couldn't tell her from her sister.
    我分不清她和妹妹。
  • 犬いぬは色いろを区く別べつすることができない。
    The dog cannot distinguish between colors.
    狗不能区分颜色。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('208282da05'); // 区別
{
  "id": "208282da05",
  "word": "区別",
  "reading": "くべつ",
  "romaji": "kubetsu",
  "meanings": [
    "distinction",
    "differentiation",
    "classification"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1244250,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私は彼女と妹を区別できなかった。",
      "furigana": "{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。",
      "en": "I couldn't tell her from her sister.",
      "tatoeba_id": 153421
    },
    {
      "ja": "犬は色を区別することができない。",
      "furigana": "{犬|いぬ}は{色|いろ}を{区別|くべつ}することができない。",
      "en": "The dog cannot distinguish between colors.",
      "tatoeba_id": 175258
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "8fb8cef0982189f56235b6e94550172c9c59be72915f8687b78388071bfefb0c",
    "meanings": [
      "区别",
      "区分"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私は彼女と妹を区別できなかった。",
        "zh": "我分不清她和妹妹。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "犬は色を区別することができない。",
        "zh": "狗不能区分颜色。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/208282da05",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1244250; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "041721154feb82e98f323304bcc297732eaf5f933041e0fde3d9e5849b1e17cc"
  }
}