分
ぶん · also ふん、ぶ
part; portion; share; amount
Meaning
- part; portion; share
- amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for)
- one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position
- one's duty; one's part
- condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate")
- in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree
- content (e.g. alcohol); percentage
- equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- minute (unit of time)
- fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
- one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)
- one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency)
- thickness
- advantageous circumstances
- one-tenth of a monme of silver
Example sentences
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Lightly weigh the tofu down, leave it for about 20 minutes then drain.
先の時間に居眠りした分も合わせて、今度の試験はどうも一筋縄ではいかない感じが漂っている。
Taking into account the time I'd just spent napping, I'm really picking up the sense that this time's exam really won't be straight forward.
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I'd like to book a table for four for tomorrow night.