Illustration: In a home kitchen, a baker adds flour to a bowl on one side of a simple balance scale. A fixed metal weight sits on the opposite pan, and the flour bowl is almost level with it. The baker holds a spoon containing just a little more flour, concentrating on the final addition.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

分ぶん量りょう

bunryou

amount, quantity

Example sentences

  1. その作つくり方かたの分量ぶんりょうは六人分ろくにんぶんです。

    The recipe serves six people.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 水加減みずかげん　一般的いっぱんてきに米こめの20%増ましの分量ぶんりょうといわれる。

    The amount of water used, in general, should be 20% more water than the amount of rice.

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

  3. 上巻じょうかん・下巻げかんに分わけたのは分量ぶんりょうの関係かんけいで、意味いみはないようである。

    It is likely that it was divided into two volumes more from considerations relating to the amount of material than any stylistic reason.

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

Kanji in 分量

  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる
  • 量quantity; measureOnリョウKunはかる

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