Chinese

Verb

分離

1. to separate; to segregate

Noun

分離

1. separation; segregation

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [bɯᵝnɽi]

Noun

分離 ‎(hiragana ぶんり, romaji bunri)

1. separation

   有効成分 (ゆうこうせいぶん)の分離 (ぶんり)に成功 (せいこう)した。

   Yūkō seibun no bunri ni seikō shita.

   We succeeded in the separation of the effective components. → We succeeded in extracting the effective components.

2. segregation
3. selectivity or sensitivity in a radio or similar device for certain frequencies

   この受信機 (じゅしんき)の分離 (ぶんり)がよい。

   Kono jushinki no bunri ga yoi.

   This receiver has good sensitivity / tunes in well (to a signal).

Compounds

• 分離課税 (ぶんりかぜい) ‎(bunri kazei, “separate taxation”)
• 分離機 (ぶんりき) ‎(bunriki, “a separator (a device)”)
• 遠心分離機 (えんしんぶんりき) ‎(enshin bunriki, “a centrifuge”)
• 分離帯 (ぶんりたい) ‎(bunritai, “a separator (a band or strip dividing two things)”)
• 中央分離帯 (ちゅうおうぶんりたい) ‎(chūō bunritai, “(UK) a (central) reservation, (US) a median strip”)
• 分離派 (ぶんりは) ‎(bunriha, “a separatist group; a member of a separatist group”)
• 分離不定詞 (ぶんりふていし) ‎(bunri futeishi, “a split infinitive”)
• 分離論者 (ぶんりろんしゃ) ‎(bunrironsha, “a secessionist”)
• 分離論 (ぶんりろん) ‎(bunriron, “secessionism”)
• 分離者 (ぶんりしゃ) ‎(bunrisha, “a secessionist”)
• 政教分離 (せいきょうぶんり) ‎(seikyō bunri, “separation of church and state”)
• 人種的分離 (じんしゅてきぶんり) ‎(jinshuteki bunri, “racial segregation”)
• 性別的分離 (せいべつてきぶんり) ‎(seibetsuteki bunri, “gender segregation”)
• 分離主義者 (ぶんりしゅぎしゃ) ‎(bunri shugisha, “a segregationist”)

Antonyms

• (separation): 結合, 統合, 編入

Verb

分離する ‎(transitive and intransitive, hiragana ぶんりする, romaji bunri suru)

1. to separate
2. to segregate

Conjugation

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.