Dictionary🇯🇵 Japanese → 🇺🇸 English
分
bun, fun, pun, bu, wake
Description
分は、全体の中の一部や、ほかの人のための部分を表します。時間の単位では、一分は六十秒です。
"分" indicates a part of a whole or a portion for someone else. As a unit of time, one 分 equals sixty seconds.
「分」は、理由や事情という意味でも使います。
"分" is also used to mean reason or circumstance.
Meanings
分bun
a share or portion belonging to someone
これは私の分です。
This is my portion.
分fun, pun
minute, a unit of time equal to sixty seconds
五分待ってください。
Please wait five minutes.
分けwake
reason, situation, or circumstances
そんな分けじゃありません。
That's not the case.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
分 combines the ideas of dividing and a divided part.
- Nuance
As wake, 分 is often written 分け in everyday words such as wake ga aru.
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