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分ぶん

fractionation; part

Noun · Adverbe

９時じ１５分ふんです。

It's nine and a quarter.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: bunbuku · French : Petro1

Parts of speech

Noun · Noun used as a suffix · Adverbe

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Same reading, another word

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English dictionary meanings

part
portion
share
amount
worth (as in "two days' worth")
enough (for)
one's means
one's place
one's lot
one's social position
one's duty
one's part
condition
state (of affairs)
extent
rate (as in "at this rate")
in proportion to
just as much as
to the same degree
content (e.g. alcohol)
percentage
equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)

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