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見分け [ichi1,news2,nf34] 見わけ [sK]
みわけ [ichi1,news2,nf34]
1. [n]
▶ distinction
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2212050 見分けがつく【みわけがつく】 1. to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
  ⇐ see: 2212060 区別がつく【くべつがつく】 1. to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)



History:
4. A 2023-11-30 21:53:57  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
〈見/み/ミ〉〈分(け)/わけ/ワケ〉〈方/かた/カタ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 見分け方  │ 456,458 │ 97.3% │
│ 見分けかた │   6,479 │  1.4% │
│ 見わけ方  │   5,534 │  1.2% │
│ 見わけかた │     246 │  0.1% │
│ 見分方   │     111 │  0.0% │
│ みわけ方  │      73 │  0.0% │
│ みわけかた │     186 │  0.0% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>見わけ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
3. A* 2023-11-30 21:21:26 
  Refs:
https://www.google.com/search?q="見分がつかない"
見分方	111
2. A 2023-11-30 18:30:51  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Shinmeikai almost always says that okurigana is optional regardless of whether it's actually common in practice. The N-gram counts don't show any support for it.
None of the other kokugos say it's optional here. 
Having 見分 on this entry could cause confusion with けんぶん【見分】.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬────────╮
│ 見分けがつかない │ 61,989 │
│ 見分がつかない  │      0 │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴────────╯
  Diff:
@@ -9,3 +8,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>見分</keb>
1. A* 2023-11-30 11:09:37 
  Refs:
smk
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>見分</keb>

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