ぶん

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Japanese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative spelling
打ん

Sandhi of 打ち (buchi, hitting), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 打つ (butsu, to hit, to strike).[1][2]

The buchi- becomes bun- when prefixing a verb that starts with an n or m sound.

Alternative forms[edit]

Prefix[edit]

ぶん (bun-

  1. emphasizes the following verb
  2. indicates doing something with force
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Reading of various kanji.

Affix[edit]

ぶん (bun

  1. : a mosquito
  2. : to disturb, to confuse, to disorder

Noun[edit]

ぶん (bun

  1. : a part, a portion, a share
  2. : a pattern; text; a document; literature; a sentence
  3. : the act of hearing something

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN