見み分わけ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

The ability or act of distinguishing between similar things. Often used in phrases like 見分けがつく (can tell apart) and 見分けがつかない (cannot tell apart).

I can't tell these twins apart.

本ほん物ものと偽にせ物ものの見み分わけ方かたを教おしえてください。

Please tell me how to distinguish the real thing from the fake.

〈物もの〉の見み分わけ方かたhow to tell 〈物〉 apart
本ほん物ものと偽にせ物ものの見み分わけ方かたを教おしえてください。
Please teach me how to tell the real one from the fake.
〈事こと〉の見み分わけが難むずかしいit is hard to distinguish 〈事〉
一いち卵らん性せい双そう生せい児じの見み分わけが難むずかしい。
It's hard to tell identical twins apart.

区く別べつN3
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.
識しき別べつN1
識別 is a more formal, often technical term for identifying or discriminating between things, while 見分け is the everyday word for visually telling things apart.
判はん別べつ
判別 emphasizes making a judgment to determine which is which, whereas 見分け focuses on the perceptual act of distinguishing similar things.

見けん識しき
見識 means insight or informed judgment/opinion, while 見分け means the ability to tell similar things apart; learners confuse them because both start with 見.

Compound of 見 (mi, 'seeing') + 分け (wake, 'dividing, separating').