"分点" meaning in Japanese

See 分点 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [bɯ̟̃ntẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 分点 [canonical] (ruby: (ぶん), (てん)), bunten [romanization], 分點 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: May be ultimately from Middle Chinese 分點 (MC pjun|bjunH temX, “equinox”, literally “dividing point”). First attested in Japanese in 1783. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|分點|equinox|lit=dividing point}} 分點 (MC pjun|bjunH temX, “equinox”, literally “dividing point”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぶんてん}} 分(ぶん)点(てん) • (bunten)
  1. (astronomy) an equinox Coordinate_terms: 春分 (english: spring equinox), 春分点 (english: spring equinox), 秋分 (english: autumn equinox), 秋分点 (english: autumn equinox), 至点 (english: solstice), 夏至 (english: summer solstice), 夏至点 (english: summer solstice), 冬至 (english: winter solstice), 冬至点 (english: winter solstice)
    Sense id: en-分点-ja-noun-6LfEEKyO Categories (other): Astronomy, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Astronomy, Calendar Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 49 32 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 62 23 15 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 60 31 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 41 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 59 32 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 70 20 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 58 34 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 57 33 10 Disambiguation of Astronomy: 97 1 1 Disambiguation of Calendar: 34 41 25 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (archaic, possibly obsolete, punctuation) a comma Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly Synonyms: コンマ (english: comma)
    Sense id: en-分点-ja-noun-bnutYibg Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Calendar Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 41 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 26 46 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 26 45 28 Disambiguation of Calendar: 34 41 25
  3. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a branching point or junction in a line, road, etc. Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly Synonyms: 分岐点
    Sense id: en-分点-ja-noun-qmCCrafE Categories (other): Calendar Disambiguation of Calendar: 34 41 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 分点月 (buntengetsu) (ruby: (ぶん), (てん), (げつ)) (english: tropical month)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "tropical month",
      "roman": "buntengetsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "分",
          "ぶん"
        ],
        [
          "点",
          "てん"
        ],
        [
          "月",
          "げつ"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "tropical month",
      "word": "分点月"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "分點",
        "2": "equinox",
        "lit": "dividing point"
      },
      "expansion": "分點 (MC pjun|bjunH temX, “equinox”, literally “dividing point”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "May be ultimately from Middle Chinese 分點 (MC pjun|bjunH temX, “equinox”, literally “dividing point”). First attested in Japanese in 1783.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "分点",
      "ruby": [
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          "分",
          "ぶん"
        ],
        [
          "点",
          "てん"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bunten",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "分點",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "date": "date uncertain",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "97 1 1",
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          "_dis": "34 41 25",
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          "name": "Calendar",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "english": "spring equinox",
          "translation": "spring equinox",
          "word": "春分"
        },
        {
          "english": "spring equinox",
          "translation": "spring equinox",
          "word": "春分点"
        },
        {
          "english": "autumn equinox",
          "translation": "autumn equinox",
          "word": "秋分"
        },
        {
          "english": "autumn equinox",
          "translation": "autumn equinox",
          "word": "秋分点"
        },
        {
          "english": "solstice",
          "translation": "solstice",
          "word": "至点"
        },
        {
          "english": "summer solstice",
          "translation": "summer solstice",
          "word": "夏至"
        },
        {
          "english": "summer solstice",
          "translation": "summer solstice",
          "word": "夏至点"
        },
        {
          "english": "winter solstice",
          "translation": "winter solstice",
          "word": "冬至"
        },
        {
          "english": "winter solstice",
          "translation": "winter solstice",
          "word": "冬至点"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an equinox"
      ],
      "id": "en-分点-ja-noun-6LfEEKyO",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "equinox",
          "equinox"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) an equinox"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "references": []
        }
      ],
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          "_dis": "50 41 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "26 46 28",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 45 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "34 41 25",
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          "name": "Calendar",
          "orig": "ja:Calendar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a comma"
      ],
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          "comma",
          "comma"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, possibly obsolete, punctuation) a comma"
      ],
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          "english": "comma",
          "translation": "comma",
          "word": "コンマ"
        }
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "possibly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "1903",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis": "34 41 25",
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          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Calendar",
          "orig": "ja:Calendar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a branching point or junction in a line, road, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-分点-ja-noun-qmCCrafE",
      "links": [
        [
          "branching",
          "branching"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "junction",
          "junction"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic, possibly obsolete) a branching point or junction in a line, road, etc."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "分岐点"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "obsolete",
        "possibly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぶんてん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɯ̟̃ntẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:"
  ],
  "word": "分点"
}
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    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 分 read as ぶん",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 点 read as てん",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "分",
          "ぶん"
        ],
        [
          "点",
          "てん"
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          "月",
          "げつ"
        ]
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    }
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    {
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          "てん"
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        {
          "english": "spring equinox",
          "translation": "spring equinox",
          "word": "春分"
        },
        {
          "english": "spring equinox",
          "translation": "spring equinox",
          "word": "春分点"
        },
        {
          "english": "autumn equinox",
          "translation": "autumn equinox",
          "word": "秋分"
        },
        {
          "english": "autumn equinox",
          "translation": "autumn equinox",
          "word": "秋分点"
        },
        {
          "english": "solstice",
          "translation": "solstice",
          "word": "至点"
        },
        {
          "english": "summer solstice",
          "translation": "summer solstice",
          "word": "夏至"
        },
        {
          "english": "summer solstice",
          "translation": "summer solstice",
          "word": "夏至点"
        },
        {
          "english": "winter solstice",
          "translation": "winter solstice",
          "word": "冬至"
        },
        {
          "english": "winter solstice",
          "translation": "winter solstice",
          "word": "冬至点"
        }
      ],
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        "an equinox"
      ],
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        [
          "astronomy",
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        "(astronomy) an equinox"
      ],
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        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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        }
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        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "a comma"
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          "comma"
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "a branching point or junction in a line, road, etc."
      ],
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        [
          "branching",
          "branching"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
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          "junction",
          "junction"
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        [
          "line",
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        [
          "road",
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        "(archaic, possibly obsolete) a branching point or junction in a line, road, etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "分岐点"
        }
      ],
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        "archaic",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぶんてん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɯ̟̃ntẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
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    "ja:"
  ],
  "word": "分点"
}

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