Japanese
Alternative forms
Prefix
ぶん (romaji bun-)
- emphasizes the following verb
- indicates doing something with force
Derived terms
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
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Etymology 2
Reading of various kanji.
Affix
ぶん (romaji bun)
- 蚊: a mosquito
- 紊: to disturb, to confuse, to disorder
Noun
ぶん (romaji bun)
- 分: a part, a portion, a share
- 文: a pattern; text; a document; literature; a sentence
- 聞: the act of hearing something
References
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↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9