See also: ふん

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling
打ん

Sandhi of () (buchi, hitting), the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (butsu).[1][2]

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

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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ぶん (bun-

  1. emphasizes the following verb
  2. indicates doing something with force
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of ぶん – see the following entries.
S
[affix] mosquito
H
[affix] to disturb, to confuse, to disorder
2
[noun] a part, a share, a portion
1
[noun] (grammar) a sentence
[noun] writing, composition, text, a document
[noun] a design or pattern as decoration
[noun] literature, learning, scholarship
[noun] elegance, refinement (especially of writing or wording)
[noun] a saying, an aphorism, a proverb
2
[noun] the act of hearing something
(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.)

References

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  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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN