聞き分ける

ききわける

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to distinguish; to tell (the difference) by hearing; to hear the difference (between)
2. to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable

Kanji

• 聞 hear. Read as きく.
• 分 part. Read as わける.

Example sentences

• 私は音楽を聞き分ける力がない。
  I have no ear for music.

Common phrases

• 音を聞き分ける

Words containing 聞き分ける

• 聞き分けのいい (ききわけのいい) reasonable (person)
• 聞き分けのない (ききわけのない) unreasonable
• 聞き分けがいい (ききわけがいい) reasonable (person)

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