particle N2 common casualpolitewritten

〜分 — the portion/amount of ~

〜分 ・ ぶん

Meaning

Key sentence

You pay only for the portion you ate.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Noun, or plain verb/adjective clause N + 分 / V(plain) + 分 三人分さんにんぶん / はたらいたぶん

Examples

I ordered food for two people.
We arrived early, in proportion to how much we hurried.
I'll make up later for the amount I rested.

Easily confused with

Notes

See 〜分 in real sentences

Jengo shows 〜分 the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

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Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar. Editorial confidence: medium.

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