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弁える

Reading

Kana: わきまえる
Romaji: wakimaeru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v1
vt
1

to know (right from wrong); to discern; to discriminate; to understand; to bear in mind

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う
Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

Example Sentences

身分(みぶん)をわきまえなっさい。
➥Remember your station in life.
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老人(ろうじん)(せき)(ゆず)るとは(かれ)礼儀(れいぎ)をわきまえている。
➥It was civil of him to offer his seat to the old man.
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われわれは自分(じぶん)のの立場(たちば)ってものをわきまえていたからね。
➥That's because we knew our place.
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(かれ)礼儀(れいぎ)(ただ)しいので、(わたし)たちは尊敬(そんけい)している。
➥We look up to him because of his politeness.
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(かれ)(あやま)るという礼儀(れいぎ)さえもわきまえていなかった。
➥He did not even have the grace to apologize.
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(きみ)はその年齢(ねんれい)なのだから、もっと分別(ふんべつ)をわきまえるべきだ。
➥You ought to know better at your age.
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