Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese home, an adult finishes cutting a rectangular castella cake into four equal slices. The pieces remain slightly separated but aligned in their original rectangle, making their matching widths and heights easy to compare. Four identical small plates wait nearby.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

等とう分ぶん

toubun

to divide into equal parts

Example sentences

  1. この線せんを２０等分とうぶんせよ。

    Divide this line into twenty equal parts.

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  2. 正方形せいほうけいを２等分とうぶんせよ。

    Cut a square in halves.

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  3. そのメロンをきって６等分とうぶんしなさい。

    Cut the melon into six equal pieces.

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Kanji in 等分

  • 等etc.; and so forthOnトウKunひとしい・など
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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