ぶん
See also: ふん
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
- emphasizes the following verb
- indicates doing something with force
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- ぶん流す (ぶんながす, bunnagasu): to flush something with force; to be done with something, to wash one's hands of something
- ぶん殴る (ぶんなぐる, bunnaguru): to whale on someone or something, to slug or wallop someone or something
- ぶん投げる (ぶんなげる, bunnageru): to throw something really hard
- ぶんのめす (bunnomesu): to knock something down with force
- ぶん回す (ぶんまわす, bunmawasu): to turn or rotate something with force
- ぶん回し (ぶんまわし, bunmawashi): a compass (device for drawing circles or measuring; archaic); a rotating stage
Etymology 2 edit
Reading of various kanji.
Affix edit
Noun edit
- 分: a part, a portion, a share
- 文: a pattern; text; a document; literature; a sentence
- 聞: the act of hearing something
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN