(v) arrange or order by classes or categories, Syn. class, sort out, sort, separate, assort, Example:How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
[わける, wakeru] (v1, vt) (1) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; (2) to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; (3) to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); (4) to break up (a fight); to mediate; (5) to call a draw; to tie; (6) to push one's way through (a crowd); (7) (also written as 頒ける) to sell; (P)#8352
[よりわける(選り分ける;より分ける)(P);えりわける(選り分ける;えり分ける), yoriwakeru ( yori wake ru ; yori wake ru )(P); eriwakeru ( yori wake ru ; eri wake ] (v1, vt) to classify; to sort out; to sift through; (P)