Illustration: Around a family dining table in a Japanese apartment, three people have individual plates of dumplings taken from a large shared platter. A fourth matching plate holds an equal helping in front of an empty chair, where a school bag hangs from the backrest.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

分ぶん

bun

share, portion

Example sentences

  1. このケーキは君きみの分ぶんだよ。

    This piece of cake is your portion.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 私わたしの分ぶんも残のこしといてよ。

    Leave some for me, too.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. お前まえの分ぶん、もう無ないよ。

    There’s none left for you anymore.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 分

  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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