- 1〔差異〕a difference, (a) distinction
区別する tell [know] ((A from B));distinguish ((between A and B));make a distinction ((between));discriminate ((between two things)) (▼distinguishは特徴により,discriminationは微妙な違いや価値判断により区別する)
- 人種・年齢・性の区別なく
- irrespective of race, age, or gender
- この鳥は色や大きさでは雌雄の区別がつけられない
- In the case of this bird, we cannot distinguish [tell] the male from the female by color or size.
- 旅館とホテルにはどんな区別がありますか
- What is the difference between a ryokan and a hotel?
- 彼女は実子と継子の区別なく慈しんだ
- She loved her own child and her stepchild equally.
- 君はもう善悪の区別のつかない年ではない
- You are old enough to know right from wrong.
- 親切と単なるお節介を区別する
- discriminate between kindness and mere officiousness
- 公私の区別を明確にすべきだ
- They should 「draw a sharp line [discriminate] between public and private affairs.
- 2〔分類〕(a) classification
区別する classify