See ぶん in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "bunnagasu",
"word": "ぶん流す: to flush something with force"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "to be done with something"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "to wash one's hands of something"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to whale on someone or something, to slug or wallop someone or something",
"roman": "bunnaguru",
"ruby": [
[
"殴",
"なぐ"
]
],
"word": "ぶん殴る"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to throw something really hard",
"roman": "bunnageru",
"ruby": [
[
"投",
"な"
]
],
"word": "ぶん投げる"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to knock something down with force",
"roman": "bunnomesu",
"word": "ぶんのめす"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to turn or rotate something with force",
"roman": "bunmawasu",
"ruby": [
[
"回",
"まわ"
]
],
"word": "ぶん回す"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "device for drawing circles or measuring",
"roman": "bunmawashi",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "ぶん回し: a compass"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "a rotating stage"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "打ち",
"2": "ぶち",
"3": "hitting"
},
"expansion": "打(ぶ)ち (buchi, “hitting”)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "連%用%形",
"2": "れん%よう%けい",
"3": "stem or continuative form",
"rom": "ren'yōkei"
},
"expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "打つ",
"2": "ぶつ",
"3": "",
"pos": ""
},
"expansion": "打(ぶ)つ (butsu)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "打つ",
"2": "ぶつ",
"3": "",
"4": "to hit, to strike",
"tr": "butsu"
},
"expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 打(ぶ)つ (butsu).",
"name": "ja-etym-renyokei"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Sandhi of 打(ぶ)ち (buchi, “hitting”), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 打(ぶ)つ (butsu).\nThe buchi- becomes bun- when prefixing a verb that starts with an n or m sound.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bun-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prefix"
},
"expansion": "ぶん • (bun-)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "prefix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "56 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"emphasizes the following verb"
],
"id": "en-ぶん-ja-prefix-wCPfef4O",
"links": [
[
"emphasize",
"emphasize"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "52 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"indicates doing something with force"
],
"id": "en-ぶん-ja-prefix-Nkqu1tt~",
"links": [
[
"force",
"force"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[bɯ̟̃ɴ]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin"
],
"word": "ぶん"
}
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"蚊",
"紊",
"分",
"文",
"聞"
],
"senses": [
{
"id": "en-ぶん-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "ぶん"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese prefixes",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "bunnagasu",
"word": "ぶん流す: to flush something with force"
},
{
"word": "to be done with something"
},
{
"word": "to wash one's hands of something"
},
{
"english": "to whale on someone or something, to slug or wallop someone or something",
"roman": "bunnaguru",
"ruby": [
[
"殴",
"なぐ"
]
],
"word": "ぶん殴る"
},
{
"english": "to throw something really hard",
"roman": "bunnageru",
"ruby": [
[
"投",
"な"
]
],
"word": "ぶん投げる"
},
{
"english": "to knock something down with force",
"roman": "bunnomesu",
"word": "ぶんのめす"
},
{
"english": "to turn or rotate something with force",
"roman": "bunmawasu",
"ruby": [
[
"回",
"まわ"
]
],
"word": "ぶん回す"
},
{
"english": "device for drawing circles or measuring",
"roman": "bunmawashi",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "ぶん回し: a compass"
},
{
"word": "a rotating stage"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "打ち",
"2": "ぶち",
"3": "hitting"
},
"expansion": "打(ぶ)ち (buchi, “hitting”)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "連%用%形",
"2": "れん%よう%けい",
"3": "stem or continuative form",
"rom": "ren'yōkei"
},
"expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "打つ",
"2": "ぶつ",
"3": "",
"pos": ""
},
"expansion": "打(ぶ)つ (butsu)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "打つ",
"2": "ぶつ",
"3": "",
"4": "to hit, to strike",
"tr": "butsu"
},
"expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 打(ぶ)つ (butsu).",
"name": "ja-etym-renyokei"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Sandhi of 打(ぶ)ち (buchi, “hitting”), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 打(ぶ)つ (butsu).\nThe buchi- becomes bun- when prefixing a verb that starts with an n or m sound.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bun-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prefix"
},
"expansion": "ぶん • (bun-)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "prefix",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"emphasizes the following verb"
],
"links": [
[
"emphasize",
"emphasize"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"indicates doing something with force"
],
"links": [
[
"force",
"force"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[bɯ̟̃ɴ]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin"
],
"word": "ぶん"
}
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "soft-redirect",
"redirects": [
"蚊",
"紊",
"分",
"文",
"聞"
],
"senses": [
{
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "ぶん"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ぶん meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"ぶん"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "prefix",
"title": "ぶん",
"trace": ""
}
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