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下部
下部
Chinese
under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
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ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
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simp. and trad. (下部) |
下 | 部 | |
| anagram | 部下 | ||
Noun
下部
- lower part, lower portion; substructure
- (euphemistic) genitalia region
- the last part (in a television/book series)
Antonyms
- 上部 (shàngbù)
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 下 | 部 |
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か Grade: 1 |
ぶ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
From Middle Chinese compound 下部 (hæX buwX).
Pronunciation
Noun
下部 (hiragana かぶ, romaji kabu)
Antonyms
- 上部 (jōbu)
Derived terms
- 下部構造 (kabukōzō)
- 視床下部 (shishōkabu, “hypothalamus”)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 下 | 部 |
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しも Grade: 1 |
べ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
Compound of 下 (shimo) + 部 (be).
Pronunciation
- Kun'yomi
- (Tokyo) しもべ} [shìmóbé}] (Heiban - [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) しもべ} [shìmóbéꜜ}] (Nakadaka - [3])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ɕimo̞be̞}]
Alternative forms
Noun
下部 (hiragana しもべ, romaji shimobe)
Derived terms
- 下部温泉 (Shimobe Onsen, “Shimobe Onsen, Yamanashi Prefecture”)
References
- 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3