separating out; differentiating; sorting
The act of separating or distinguishing items, often used in contexts like sorting goods, differentiating qualities, or dividing outputs.
商品の出し分け作業に時間がかかった。
The work of sorting the products took time.
この機械はサイズによる出し分けができる。
This machine can sort by size.
Compound of 出し (dashi, continuative form of 出す 'to put out') and 分け (wake, continuative form of 分ける 'to divide/separate').