別べつ

べつ betsu

different

の-adjectiveな-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

另外；不同

Examples

Furigana

また別のときにチェスをしましょう。
Let's play chess another time.
改天再下国际象棋吧。
Tatoeba #195395
いう事ことと行おこなう事ことはまったく別べつだ。
To say is one thing, and to do quite another.
说的和做的完全是两回事。
Tatoeba #229318

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f271b97de9'); // 別

{
  "id": "f271b97de9",
  "word": "別",
  "reading": "べつ",
  "romaji": "betsu",
  "meanings": [
    "different"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "adj-no",
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1509430,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "また別のときにチェスをしましょう。",
      "en": "Let's play chess another time.",
      "tatoeba_id": 195395
    },
    {
      "ja": "いう事と行う事はまったく別だ。",
      "furigana": "いう{事|こと}と{行|おこな}う{事|こと}はまったく{別|べつ}だ。",
      "en": "To say is one thing, and to do quite another.",
      "tatoeba_id": 229318
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "08db50298613d93b5771966b5eceb1fcc32c8b63c8f96a6de93a4f7664ef4c67",
    "meanings": [
      "另外",
      "不同"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "また別のときにチェスをしましょう。",
        "zh": "改天再下国际象棋吧。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "いう事と行う事はまったく別だ。",
        "zh": "说的和做的完全是两回事。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/f271b97de9",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5eabc2f007b3104888fb49d76646503b67eafff3b05d8df8ec70180800bf0d6e"
  }
}