英和和英

読み方 みわけ

名詞

1

（＝区別）distinction; discrimination:（=る） to distinguish （between the two―the one from the other）; to discriminate （between good and evil―good from evil）; to know （the one from the other）; can tell （the one from the other）

用例

• 兄弟があまりよく似ていて見分けがつかぬ
  The brothers are so much alike that you can not distinguish between them―distinguish the one from the other―know the one from the other―tell the one from the other.

• お前はもう善悪の見分けのつく年だ
  You are of an age to discriminate between good and evil―discriminate good from evil.
• 英国人と米国人とはどこで見分けるか
  How do you distinguish between an Englishman and an American?―distinguish an Englishman from an American?―know an Englishman from an American?―How can you tell an Englishman from an American?
• 言葉遣いで見分ける
  We know them by the way they speak English
  We can tell them by the way they speak English.
• 雄と雌とはどこで見分けるか
  How do you know the male from the female?
  How can you tell the male from the female?
• 大きさで見分ける
  We know them by their size
  We can tell them by their size.
• 暗くて人の顔を見分けることができなかった
  I could not distinguish―could not tell―people's faces in dark.
• 赤ん坊はもう人の顔を見分ける
  The baby knows people already.

2

（＝明らかに見えること、微かに見えること）discernment:（=る）to discern,（a form）; to make out （a figure）

用例

• 暗闇に男女の姿を見分けた
  I made out the forms of a man and a woman in the dark.

• 霧の中にかすかに島を見分けた
  We barely discerned an island in the fog.

3

（＝認識）recognition:（=る） to recognize

• 君は見分けのつかないほど変わった
  You have changed beyond recognition
  I should know you if I met you in the streets.