Illustration: At the service counter of a Japanese appliance shop before opening, a floor supervisor hands a junior employee a small tool case and points toward a demonstration vacuum cleaner needing attention. The employee accepts the assignment with an attentive nod, already reaching for the case handle.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

部ぶ下か

buka

subordinate

Example sentences

上司じょうしは部下ぶかに仕事しごとを振ふり分わけた。
The boss allotted tasks to his men.
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彼かれは私わたしの部下ぶかだ。
He works under me.
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彼かれは部下ぶかに人気にんきがある。
He is popular with his men.
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Kanji in 部下

部section; bureauOnブ
下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと

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