Illustration: At a kitchen counter, a resident fits intersecting wooden dividers into an open shallow drawer, turning its single interior space into several distinct compartments. Their hands lower the final divider into place, with the newly separated spaces clearly visible around it.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

区く分ぶん

kubun

to divide into sections

Example sentences

  1. 土地とちは８つに区分くぶんされた。

    The land was divided into 8 lots.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 我わが家やの大おおきな土地とちを子供こどもたちのために公平こうへいに区分くぶんする。

    We will divide the large area of family land equally between our children.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 現代げんだいではその区分くぶんもあいまいになってきている。

    These days, even that distinction has become blurred.

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

Kanji in 区分

  • 区ward; districtOnク・オウ・コウ
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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