区別がつく

くべつがつく

to tell X from Y

Meanings

also 区別が付く

  1. expression, godan verb to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

Its kanji

In sentences

狼おおかみと犬いぬの区別くべつがつきますか。 Can you tell wolves from dogs? #77337

犬いぬは白しろと黒くろとの区別くべつがつく。 The dog knows black from white. #175240

子供こどもでさえ善ぜんと悪あくの区別くべつがつく。 Even a child knows right from wrong. #168688

銀ぎんとブリキの区別くべつがつきますか。 Can you distinguish silver from tin? #179603

私わたしには美徳びとくと悪徳あくとくとの区別くべつがつく。 I can tell virtue and vice apart. #164510