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JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

分ぶん割かつ

bunkatsu

to divide, to split

Example sentences

  1. クラスが大おおきすぎるので二ふたつのより小ちいさなグループに分割ぶんかつした。

    The class was too big so we split up into two smaller groups.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そこで、新政府しんせいふは旧藩きゅうはんの債務さいむを3種類しゅるいに分割ぶんかつした。

    Under such circumstances, the new government divided the debts of former domains into three categories.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、全国ぜんこくを8の区域くいきに分割ぶんかつして管轄区域かんかつくいきを定さだめた。

    At the same time, jurisdiction was also defined by dividing the country into 8 districts.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 分割

  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる
  • 割proportion; comparativelyOnカツKunわる・わり・わり

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