JLPT N4 vocabulary

分meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

ぶん1Atamadaka · high start

Meaning

  1. part, portion, share
  2. (noun suffix) amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for)
  3. 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")
  6. in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree
  7. (noun suffix) content (e.g. alcohol), percentage
  8. (noun suffix) equivalent to (e.g. an older brother)

Example sentences

  1. また実験じっけん失敗しっぱいか。この分ぶんじゃ今夜こんやは帰れかえそうもないな。

    The experiment failed again. At this rate, it doesn't look like I'll be able to go home tonight.

  2. ダイエット？じゃ、僕ぼくが君きみの分ぶんを代わりかに食べたてあげる。

    You are on a diet? Then I'll eat your portion for you!