語感 Dictionary

分

ぶん· also ふん、ぶ

part; portion; share; amount

JLPT N3 Common word

Meanings

  1. Noun, Noun, suffix

    part; portion; share

  2. Noun, suffix

    amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for)

  3. Noun

    one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position
  4. one's duty; one's part
  5. condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate")
All 15 meanings

  1. Noun, Adverb

    in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree

  2. Noun, suffix

    content (e.g. alcohol); percentage
  3. equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)

  4. Noun

    minute (unit of time)
  5. fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

  6. Number

    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)

  7. Noun

    one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency)
  8. thickness
  9. advantageous circumstances
  10. one-tenth of a monme of silver

Example sentences

  • 3分ぶんで戻もどるよ。

    I'll be back in three minutes.

  • ４時よじ15分ぶんだよ。

    It's a quarter after four.

  • 30分ぶんで戻もどるよ。

    I'll be back in half an hour.

  • 7時とき50分ぶんです。

    It's ten to eight.

  • 分ぶんをわきまえろ。

    Know your place.

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