別べつ

noun

distinction; difference; discrimination

Used for conceptual or categorical separation, often in phrases like 別にする (treat separately) or 別として (apart from).

• 仕し事ごととプライベートは別べつに考かんがえている。

  I think of work and private life as separate things.

• 男だん女じょの別べつなく応おう募ぼできる。

  Anyone can apply regardless of gender.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun

separate; different; another; extra

Adjectival use meaning distinct or not the same; common in phrases like 別の (another) or 別に (not particularly).

• 別べつの方ほう法ほうを試ためしてみよう。

  Let's try a different method.

• それとは別べつの話はなしだ。

  That's a separate matter.

noun

exception; exclusion

Used in the pattern 別として (apart from, except for) to single out something as an exception.

See also: 別として

• 冗じょう談だんは別べつとして、真面目まじめな話はなしをしよう。

  Joking aside, let's talk seriously.

noun, used as a suffix

classified by; ranked by; according to

Suffix attached to nouns to indicate categorization, as in 男女別 (by gender) or 年齢別 (by age).

See also: 男女別

• 参さん加か者しゃを年ねん齢れい別べつにグループ分わけした。

  We divided the participants into groups by age.