ぶん
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See also: ふん
Japanese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]| Alternative spelling |
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| 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