Illustration: Inside a Japanese household-goods company, a compact team occupies a connected cluster of desks behind a low partition. One employee photographs a new kettle, another arranges its display props, and a third reviews the resulting product photographs with their manager.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

部ぶ

department, division

Often follows a department name, as in マーケティング部. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

新しんサービスの料金設定りょうきんせっていはマーケティング部ぶが行おこなう。
The marketing department is responsible for pricing new service.
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私わたしは営業えいぎょう部ぶです。
I am a member of the sales department.
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部ぶの責任者せきにんしゃは彼かれです。
He’s in charge of the department.
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Kanji in 部

部section; bureauOnブ

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