How to say "segregation" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 隔離かくりsuru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveSegregation in the physical sense of keeping a person or group apart from others with no contact, as in isolating the sick; it also covers quarantine.
- 分立ぶんりつnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbSegregation in the sense of distinct bodies or groups standing apart as separate, independent units; for segregation as keeping people apart, it is seldom the word you want.
- 分離ぶんりnoun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbSegregation as the dividing of something joined or mixed into distinct parts; its sense is separation, partition, detachment — closer to splitting a whole apart than to isolating people.
For segregation as physically keeping people apart, as in isolation or quarantine, use 隔離; for separating things into distinct parts use 分離; 分立, for entities standing independent, is seldom the right choice.
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