"ぶん" meaning in Japanese

See ぶん in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Affix

IPA: [bɯ̟̃ɴ] Forms: bun [romanization]
Etymology: Reading of various kanji. Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix}} ぶん • (bun)
  1. 蚊: a mosquito
    Sense id: en-ぶん-ja-affix-lFoYU-t6
  2. 紊: to disturb, to confuse, to disorder
    Sense id: en-ぶん-ja-affix-OZ7gsP-4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [bɯ̟̃ɴ] Forms: bun [romanization]
Etymology: Reading of various kanji. Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ぶん • (bun)
  1. 分: a part, a portion, a share
    Sense id: en-ぶん-ja-noun-fJEiY~j-
  2. 文: a pattern; text; a document; literature; a sentence
    Sense id: en-ぶん-ja-noun-Mvk7vY75 Categories (other): Japanese affixes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 12 10 8 25 9 19 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 3 3 15 4 37 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 3 2 27 3 32 29
  3. 聞: the act of hearing something
    Sense id: en-ぶん-ja-noun-mcHdcBfe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

IPA: [bɯ̟̃ɴ] Forms: bun- [romanization]
Etymology: Sandhi of 打ち (buchi, “hitting”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 打つ (butsu, “to hit, to strike”). The buchi- becomes bun- when prefixing a verb that starts with an n or m sound. Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix}} ぶん • (bun-)
  1. emphasizes the following verb Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ぶん-ja-prefix-wCPfef4O Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 3 9 4 40 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 3 3 15 4 37 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 3 2 27 3 32 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 3 8 5 38 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 3 5 3 42 40
  2. indicates doing something with force Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ぶん-ja-prefix-Nkqu1tt~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 3 9 4 40 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 3 3 15 4 37 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 3 2 27 3 32 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 3 8 5 38 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 3 5 3 42 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ぶん流す: to flush something with force (bunnagasu), to be done with something, to wash one's hands of something, ぶん殴る (bunnaguru) (ruby: (なぐ)) (english: to whale on someone or something, to slug or wallop someone or something), ぶん投げる (bunnageru) (ruby: ()) (english: to throw something really hard), ぶんのめす (bunnomesu) (english: to knock something down with force), ぶん回す (bunmawasu) (ruby: (まわ)) (english: to turn or rotate something with force), ぶん回し: a compass (bunmawashi) (english: device for drawing circles or measuring) [archaic], a rotating stage
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ipa": "[bɯ̟̃ɴ]"
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  "wikipedia": [
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          "蚊",
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          "紊",
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Download raw JSONL data for ぶん meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)

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