Japanese Conversation · Level 106
60 words
Japanese word
差別
Pronunciation
Romajisabetsu
Meaning
- noundiscrimination
Example
差別はよくありません。sa betsu wa yo ku a ri ma se n
Discrimination is wrong.
More examples
学校では差別をなくす努力が必要です。gak kō de wa sa betsu o na ku su do ryoku ga hitsu yō de su
Schools need to make an effort to eliminate discrimination.
Core concept
It refers to separating people into categories and using those categories to justify unequal treatment.
Common phrases
差別をなくすsa betsu o na ku su
eliminate discrimination
差別を受けるsa betsu o u ke ru
experience discrimination
差別をするsa betsu o su ru
discriminate
Similar words
区別kubetsu: The act of recognizing or treating people or things as different.
偏見henken: An unfair opinion about a person or group formed without enough knowledge.
不平等fubyōdō: A state in which people or groups do not have equal rights or opportunities.
Definition in Japanese
人や集団をある属性によって分け、その属性を理由に不平等な扱いをすること。hito ya shū dan o a ru zoku sei ni yo tte wa ke so no zoku sei o ri yū ni fu byō dō na atsuka i o su ru ko to
Word origin
差別 (sabetsu, "discrimination") is a Sino-Japanese compound of 差 (sa, "difference") and 別 (betsu, "separation"), whose combined sense developed into treating people unequally.
Usage tips
- In everyday English, discrimination has both neutral and unfair-treatment senses, while Japanese 差別 (sabetsu) is generally understood in the unfair-treatment sense.