甄けん別べつ

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

distinction; discrimination

Obsolete term for making a distinction or discriminating between things. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by words like 区別 or 識別.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「甄けん別べつ」が事じ物ぶつを見み分わける意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In old documents, 甄別 is sometimes used to mean distinguishing between things.