区別する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 区別する | 区別しない |
| Polite | 区別します | 区別しません |
| Past polite | 区別しました | 区別しませんでした |
| Past | 区別した | 区別しなかった |
| Te-form | 区別して | 区別しないで |
| Desire | 区別したい | 区別したくない |
| Potential | 区別できる | 区別できない |
| Passive | 区別される | 区別されない |
| Causative | 区別させる | 区別させない |
| Causative passive | 区別させられる | 区別させられない |
| Volitional | 区別しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 区別しましょう | |
| Imperative | 区別しろ | 区別するな |
| Conditional | 区別すれば | 区別しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 区別したら | 区別しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
distinction; differentiation; telling apart
Used for recognizing and separating things based on their differences. Can be a noun or a suru-verb. Often implies a conscious act of distinguishing, not just a natural difference.
I can't tell the difference between right and wrong.
Please distinguish between the usages of these two words.
He clearly separates his public and private life.
It's hard to tell the real one from the fake.
At this school there's no distinction made between boys and girls.
The products are distinguished by color.
区別 is the everyday word for making or recognizing a distinction, while 分かち is a more formal or literary way of expressing the same idea.
区別 is the general word for making a distinction or classification, while 見分け refers specifically to telling things apart by sight or perception.
区別 is about conceptually distinguishing between things, while 使い分け is about actually using different things differently in practice.
区別 is about distinguishing between things that already exist, whereas 分化 is about differences emerging gradually through a process.
区別する means to distinguish or tell things apart conceptually, while 使い分ける adds the nuance of actually applying the right one in practice.
区別 highlights distinguishing one thing from another conceptually, while 区分 involves actually sorting or partitioning things into groups.
区別 refers broadly to distinguishing between things or categories, while 一線 pictures that distinction as a concrete boundary line.
区別する is the standard, everyday verb for distinguishing two things, whereas 分かつ in this sense is more elevated and appears mainly in formal writing.
区別する is a more formal, abstract word for telling two things apart, while 分ける is used more broadly for distinguishing as well as physically dividing.
区別 emphasizes distinguishing or classifying two things, while 違い simply names the gap or discrepancy between them.