Definition of 分 (ぶん)

noun, noun (suffix)
1.
part, segment, share, ration
See also:分の
2.
rate
3.
degree, one's lot, one's status, relation, duty, kind, lot
See also:身分
noun (suffix)
4.
relationship, connection, correspondence
noun, noun (suffix)
5.
in proportion to, just as much as
Related Kanji
分 part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 39 results)

I feel smart today, to a degree that is in proportion to the amount of good rest I had yesterday

ちゃ
お茶
50
にん
人
ぶん
分
ようい
用意
Fifty persons can be accommodated for tea

しんぶん
新聞
2
ぶん
分
おうしつ
王室
りこん
離婚
もんだい
問題
Two whole pages of the newspaper were devoted to the news of the royal divorce

いっしゅうかん
一週間
ぶん
分
せきたん
石炭
つか
使って
We have used our ration of coal for the week

Do you have any non-alcoholic drinks

いっしゅうかん
一週間
ぶん
分
いるい
衣類
はい
入る
The bag will easily carry enough clothes for a week

You can keep this one for yourself

I said, "Five months worth of the Pill, please," and was told "Certainly.

Prices are high here but that's because the after-sale service is really good

じぶん
自分
ぶん
分
Let me pay my share

I'm going to give you a year's worth of allowance all at once

げきじょう
劇場
500
にん
人
ぶん
分
ざせき
座席
This theater has a seating capacity of 500

かれ
彼
わたし
私
いっしゅうかん
1週間
ぶん
分
ちんぎん
賃金
まえばら
前払い
He advanced me a week's wages

Would you mind making an extra cup of coffee whenever you decide to have some

This beer contains 5% alcohol

Beauty is but skin deep

Sharapova's shots are very fast but...a fast ball means that it will come back that much faster

しはいにん
支配人
2
しゅうかん
週間
ぶん
分
きゅうりょう
給料
かれ
彼
The manager advanced him two weeks' wages

わたし
私
4
ぶん
分
3
ある
歩いた
I walked three-fourths of a mile

にほん
日本
62
えん
円
ぶん
分
きって
切手
てがみ
手紙
In Japan we have to put a sixty-two yen stamp on a letter
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