分

ぶん

part

N3 #5,928

Meanings

  1. noun, suffix part; portion; share
  2. suffix amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for)
  3. noun one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position
  4. one's duty; one's part
  5. condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate")
  6. noun, adverb in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree
  7. suffix content (e.g. alcohol); percentage
  8. equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)

ぶ

  1. numeral one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)
  2. noun one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency)
  3. thickness
  4. advantageous circumstances
  5. one-tenth of a monme of silver

ふん

  1. noun minute (unit of time)
  2. fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

Its kanji

In sentences

15分ぶん過すぎた。 It was 15 minutes too long. #235936

3分ぶんで戻もどるよ。 I'll be back in three minutes. #11391176

もう5分ぶん待まとう。 I'll wait another five minutes. #194515

30分ぶん待まってて。 Wait thirty minutes. #9392664

あと5分ぶん待まとう。 I'll wait another five minutes. #10690295

30分ぶんで戻もどるよ。 I'll be back in half an hour. #11336727

30分ぶんで着ついたよ。 It took half an hour. #235372

10分ぶん休憩きゅうけいしよう。 Let's take a 10-minute break. #235993