ぶん
See also: ふん
Japanese
editEtymology 1
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打ん |
Sandhi of 打ち (buchi, “hitting”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 打つ (butsu).[1][2]
The buchi- becomes bun- when prefixing a verb that starts with an n or m sound.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
edit- emphasizes the following verb
- indicates doing something with force
Derived terms
edit- ぶん流す (bunnagasu): to flush something with force; to be done with something, to wash one's hands of something
- ぶん殴る (bunnaguru): to whale on someone or something, to slug or wallop someone or something
- ぶん投げる (bunnageru): to throw something really hard
- ぶんのめす (bunnomesu): to knock something down with force
- ぶん回す (bunmawasu): to turn or rotate something with force
- ぶん回し (bunmawashi): a compass (device for drawing circles or measuring, archaic); a rotating stage
Etymology 2
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(This term, ぶん (bun), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ぶん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぶん.) |