鼻先

はなさき

tip of nose

鼻の先

はなのさき

in front of your nose, right next to you

鼻先蛙

はなさきがえる ハナサキガエル

Ryukyu tip-nosed frog (Odorrana narina)

鼻先思案

はなさきじあん はなさきしあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking, half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

分別

ふんべつ ぶんべつ

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling), classification, discrimination, division, distinction

分別分解

ぶんべつぶんかい

fractional decomposition

鼻先で笑う

はなさきでわらう

to laugh scornfully, to sneer at

目と鼻の先

めとはなのさき

in front of one's eyes, just nearby, within a stone's throw

奄美鼻先蛙

あまみはなさきがえる アマミハナサキガエル

Amami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis)

上分別

じょうふんべつ

good idea, wise policy

一分別

ひとふんべつ いちふんべつ

careful consideration

無分別

むふんべつ

thoughtlessness, indiscretion

ゴミ分別

ゴミぶんべつ ごみぶんべつ

separating rubbish (for recycling, etc.)

分別ゴミ

ふんべつゴミ

dividing up rubbish into burnable and non-burnable

分別心

ふんべつしん

prudence, distinction, discrimination

舌先三分

したさきさんぶ

a glib tongue (with fair words), fluent talk designed to deceive, talk something away

思慮分別

しりょふんべつ

discrete and well-advised judgment, wise and mature judgment, making judgment with prudence

分別沈殿

ぶんべつちんでん

fractional precipitation

分別臭い

prudent-looking