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別物

Reading

Kana: べつもの
Romaji: betsumono
Kana
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Definition

1

another thing; exception; special case

Kanji

Readings: ベツ、 わか.れる、 わ.ける
Meanings: separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter

Example Sentences

学識(がくしき)常識(じょうしき)別物(べつもの)だ。
➥Learning is one thing, and common sense another.
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(はな)すことと()くことは別物(べつもの)だ。
➥To speak is one thing and to write is another.
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()っていることと(おし)えることは別物(べつもの)だ。
➥Knowing is one thing, teaching quite another.
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資産(しさん)人格(じんかく)(まった)別物(べつもの)である。
➥What we have is one thing and what we are is quite another.
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()っていることと、実行(じっこう)別物(べつもの)だ。
➥To know is one thing, to practice another.
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()っていることと実行(じっこう)することは別物(べつもの)だ。
➥To know is one thing, to practice another.
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