Illustration: Three housemates clean the long entrance corridor of their Japanese shared home. Each has a cloth and a small bucket and is responsible for a separate stretch of the same floor.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

分ぶん担たん

buntan

to share duties or costs

Example sentences

  1. 私達わたしたちは、家事かじを分担ぶんたんすることで合意ごういした。

    We agreed to share the housework.

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  2. タクシー代だいは君きみと分担ぶんたんしよう。

    I will share the cost of the taxi with you.

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  3. 家事かじを分担ぶんたんする夫婦ふうふがますますふえています。

    More and more married couples share household chores.

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Kanji in 分担

  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる
  • 担shouldering; carryOnタンKunかつぐ・になう

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