Illustration: During repairs in a Japanese house, a carpenter has lifted one small section of floorboards in an otherwise intact room. The opening exposes joists and a dusty toy car trapped below.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いち部ぶ分ぶん

ichibubun

one part, a portion

Example sentences

  1. その建物たてものの一部分いちぶぶんだけが地震じしんで破壊はかいされた。

    Only part of the building has been destroyed by the earthquake.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 我々われわれの世界せかいは宇宙うちゅうのほんの小ちいさな一部分いちぶぶんに過すぎない。

    Our world is only one small part of the universe.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 北海道ほっかいどうの一部分いちぶぶんはまだ自然しぜんのままの状態じょうたいで残のこっている。

    Part of Hokkaido still remains in its natural state.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一部分

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 部section; bureauOnブ
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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