Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Noun suffix, Counter

部(ぶ)department (in an organization), division, bureau, club, part, component, element, category, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Noun suffix

      1. 1.

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

        above 課, below 局
      2. 2.

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

      3. 3.

        part, portion, region, area

      4. 4.

        category, class, division, section, heading

    2. Counter

      1. 5.

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

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    部 【ぶ】

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    Examples

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    • 昼(ひる)の部(ぶ)の舞台(ぶたい)を見(み)に行(い)く。

      I'm going to watch the daytime performance of the stage play.

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    • 私(わたし)は高校(こうこう)で美術(びじゅつ)部(ぶ)に所属(しょぞく)しています。

      I'm a member of the art club in high school.

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    • プロジェクトの重要(じゅうよう)部(ぶ)を任(まか)されたので緊張(きんちょう)しています。

      I'm feeling nervous because I've been entrusted with an important part of the project.

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    • ライブのチケットの争奪(そうだつ)戦(せん)が激(はげ)しいのは昼(ひる)でなく夜(よる)の部(ぶ)の方(ほう)だ。

      The intense battle for tickets happens more for the evening part of the live show rather than the daytime one.

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    • 漫画(まんが)の売(う)れ行(ゆ)きが予想(よそう)以上(いじょう)に良(よ)いため、新(あたら)しく一(いち)万(まん)部(ぶ)印刷(いんさつ)をしました。

      Due to better-than-expected sales of the manga, we printed an additional ten thousand copies.

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