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部(ぶ)

ぶbu

CommonNoun

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. nounnoun, used as a suffix

    department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; faculty

    Note: above 課(か), below 局(きょく)

  2. club (at a school, university, etc.); team

    バドミントン部(ぶ)はまともな部(ぶ)員(いん)が極(きょく)端(たん)に少(すく)ないため、ほとんど廃(はい)部(ぶ)ないし休(きゅう)部(ぶ)状(じょう)態(たい)だった。

    • There were so few proper members in the badminton club that it was half-way between dead and 'on break'.
  3. part; portion; region; area

    本(ほん)のそれぞれの部(ぶ)は著(ちょ)者(しゃ)の人(じん)生(せい)から採(と)られた引(いん)用(よう)―本(ほん)の一(いっ)節(せつ)、道(みち)端(ばた)の見(み)知(し)らぬ人(ひと)への質(しつ)問(もん)、ガールフレンドの叫(さけ)び―で始(はじ)められている。

    • Each part of a book starts with references to its author's life: a passage from a read book, a question directed to a stranger on a roadside, something shouted by a girlfriend.
    • Each part of the book starts with a quote taken from the life of the author: a passage from a book, a question asked to a stranger on the road, something shouted by a girlfriend.
  4. category; class; division; section; heading

  5. counter

    counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.

Example sentences 75

バドミントン部(ぶ)はまともな部(ぶ)員(いん)が極(きょく)端(たん)に少(すく)ないため、ほとんど廃(はい)部(ぶ)ないし休(きゅう)部(ぶ)状(じょう)態(たい)だった。

  • There were so few proper members in the badminton club that it was half-way between dead and 'on break'.

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