判はん別べつ

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判別する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	判はん別べつする	判はん別べつしない
Polite	判はん別べつします	判はん別べつしません
Past polite	判はん別べつしました	判はん別べつしませんでした
Past	判はん別べつした	判はん別べつしなかった
Te-form	判はん別べつして	判はん別べつしないで
Desire	判はん別べつしたい	判はん別べつしたくない
Potential	判はん別べつできる	判はん別べつできない
Passive	判はん別べつされる	判はん別べつされない
Causative	判はん別べつさせる	判はん別べつさせない
Causative passive	判はん別べつさせられる	判はん別べつさせられない
Volitional	判はん別べつしよう
Polite volitional	判はん別べつしましょう
Imperative	判はん別べつしろ	判はん別べつするな
Conditional	判はん別べつすれば	判はん別べつしなければ
Tara conditional	判はん別べつしたら	判はん別べつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

distinction; discrimination; discernment

The act of telling things apart or judging differences, often based on observation or criteria. Used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

この機き械かいは本ほん物ものと偽にせ物ものを判はん別べつできる。
This machine can distinguish between genuine and fake items.
経けい験けん者しゃは音おとだけで故こ障しょうを判はん別べつする。
An experienced person can identify a malfunction just by the sound.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を判はん別べつするto distinguish/identify something
この写しゃ真しんだけでは性せい別べつを判はん別べつするのが難むずかしい。
It's hard to tell the sex just from this photo.
〈物もの〉と〈物もの〉を判はん別べつするto distinguish one thing from another
専せん門もん家かでも本ほん物ものと偽ぎ物ぶつを判はん別べつするのは難むずかしい。
Even experts find it hard to distinguish the real one from the fake.
〈事こと〉によって判はん別べつするto determine/tell apart based on something
DNA鑑かん定ていによって親しん子し関かん係けいを判はん別べつする。
The parent-child relationship is determined through DNA testing.

Expressions

判はん別べつがつくdistinguish; discern; tell apart

Kanji

判judgement, judgment, signature
別separate, branch off, diverge

Related words

区く別べつN3
区別 focuses on separating things into distinct categories, while 判別 emphasizes the act of judging or discerning a difference, often through observation.
識しき別べつN1
識別 is used for recognizing or identifying something based on known patterns (e.g. facial recognition), while 判別 suggests a more analytical or evaluative judgment.
鑑かん別べつ
鑑別 is a more specialized, expert-level term (used in forensic or scientific contexts), while 判別 is the general everyday word for telling things apart.
見み分わけるN2
判別する means to judge or determine which of several possibilities is correct, while 見分ける focuses specifically on visually telling similar things apart.
見み分わけN1
判別 emphasizes making a judgment to determine which is which, whereas 見分け focuses on the perceptual act of distinguishing similar things.

Opposites

混こん同どうN2
混同 means to mix up or confuse two things, the opposite of 判別, which means to correctly tell them apart.

Don't confuse with

分ふん別べつN1
分別 (written with similar kanji) usually means good judgment or prudence, or the sorting of waste, whereas 判別 specifically means distinguishing one thing from another.
判はん定ていN1
判定 means to render a decision or verdict (as in a contest or exam), while 判別 means to tell apart or discern a difference, not to decide an outcome.

Word family

判はん別べつ式しき
discriminant
判はん別べつ分ぶん析せき
discriminant analysis
性せい格かく判はん別べつ
personality assessment; personality judgment
自じ己こ終しゅう端たん判はん別べつ
self-delimiting

Etymology

Compound of 判 (judge, discern) and 別 (separate, distinguish). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys the idea of judging and separating.