See 区別 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "区別する",
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},
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"form": "区別すれ",
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},
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"form": "くべつすれ",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"form": "kubetsu sure",
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},
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"form": "区別せよ",
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},
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"form": "区別しろ",
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"form": "kubetsu seyo",
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"literary"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shiro",
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},
{
"form": "区別される",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "くべつされる",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "区別させる",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "区別さす",
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{
"form": "区別できる",
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{
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{
"form": "kubetsu dekiru",
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},
{
"form": "区別しよう",
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},
{
"form": "くべつしよう",
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{
"form": "kubetsu shiyō",
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]
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{
"form": "区別しない",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "くべつしない",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"form": "区別します",
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{
"form": "くべつします",
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},
{
"form": "kubetsu shimasu",
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},
{
"form": "区別した",
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{
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{
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{
"form": "区別して",
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{
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"english": "If the barriers to entry for content creation are removed through the use of things like ChatGPT, the amount of content will increase exponentially, and there is a concern that many citizens will no longer be able to distinguish fact from fiction.",
"ref": "2023 March 29, 中谷一馬, quotee, “第211回国会 衆議院 内閣委員会 第9号 令和5年3月29日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館, retrieved 16 Dec 2025:",
"roman": "Chatto Jī Pī Tī nado no riyō ni yotte kontentsu no sakusei ni sannyū shōheki ga naku naru to, kontentsu ryō wa shisū kankei-teki ni zōka shite iki, shimin no ōku ga jijitsu to fikushon o kubetsu dekinaku naru kenen ga ari masu.",
"text": "チャットＧＰＴなどの利用によってコンテンツの作成に参入障壁がなくなると、コンテンツ量は指数関数的に増加していき、市民の多くが事実とフィクションを区別できなくなる懸念があります。",
"translation": "If the barriers to entry for content creation are removed through the use of things like ChatGPT, the amount of content will increase exponentially, and there is a concern that many citizens will no longer be able to distinguish fact from fiction.",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "区別し",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつし",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "区別し",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつし",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "区別する",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつする",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu suru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "区別する",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつする",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu suru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "区別すれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつすれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu sure",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "区別せよ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary"
]
},
{
"form": "区別しろ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつせよ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつしろ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu seyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shiro",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "区別される",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつされる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu sareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "区別させる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "区別さす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつさせる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつさす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu saseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu sasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "区別できる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつできる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu dekiru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "区別しよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつしよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shiyō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "区別しない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつしない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shinai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "区別せず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつせず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu sezu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "区別します",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつします",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "区別した",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつした",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "区別して",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつして",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu shite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "区別すれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "くべつすれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "kubetsu sureba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "區別",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji",
"kyūjitai"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "くべつ",
"tr": "transitive"
},
"expansion": "区(く)別(べつ)する • (kubetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 区(く)別(べつ)し (kubetsu shi), past 区(く)別(べつ)した (kubetsu shita))",
"name": "ja-verb-suru"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"roman": "sabetsu",
"ruby": [
[
"差",
"さ"
],
[
"別",
"べつ"
]
],
"word": "差別"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
72,
74
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
217,
228
]
],
"english": "If the barriers to entry for content creation are removed through the use of things like ChatGPT, the amount of content will increase exponentially, and there is a concern that many citizens will no longer be able to distinguish fact from fiction.",
"ref": "2023 March 29, 中谷一馬, quotee, “第211回国会 衆議院 内閣委員会 第9号 令和5年3月29日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館, retrieved 16 Dec 2025:",
"roman": "Chatto Jī Pī Tī nado no riyō ni yotte kontentsu no sakusei ni sannyū shōheki ga naku naru to, kontentsu ryō wa shisū kankei-teki ni zōka shite iki, shimin no ōku ga jijitsu to fikushon o kubetsu dekinaku naru kenen ga ari masu.",
"text": "チャットＧＰＴなどの利用によってコンテンツの作成に参入障壁がなくなると、コンテンツ量は指数関数的に増加していき、市民の多くが事実とフィクションを区別できなくなる懸念があります。",
"translation": "If the barriers to entry for content creation are removed through the use of things like ChatGPT, the amount of content will increase exponentially, and there is a concern that many citizens will no longer be able to distinguish fact from fiction.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to distinguish, to tell one thing from another"
],
"links": [
[
"distinguish",
"distinguish"
],
[
"tell",
"tell"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to classify"
],
"links": [
[
"classify",
"classify"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "くべつ"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɯ̟be̞t͡sɨ]"
}
],
"word": "区別"
}
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