分段

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Chinese

to divide; minute; (a measure word)
to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
 
paragraph; section; segment
trad. (分段)
simp. #(分段)

Pronunciation


Verb

分段

  1. to divide into segments, sections or paragraphs

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぶん
Grade: 2
だん
Grade: 6

Etymology

Attested from at least the 12th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぶん)(だん) (bundan

  1. a segment, section; the end of something, end of a section; a break, stopping place
    • 1925, Hirota Denzō, Beikoku genzai no kyōiku [Contemporary American education], page 357:
      (しか)しこの(すい)(てい)()()することが()()ない。(がっ)(こう)(ぶん)(だん)(かん)()(よう)()として(ひつ)(よう)なものである。
      Shikashi kono suitei wa iji suru koto ga dekinai. Gakkō no bundan wa kanri no yōso to shite hitsuyō na mono de aru.
      However, this presumption cannot be maintained. Segmentation of schools is a necessary element of their management.
  2. (Buddhism) abbreviation of 分段生死 (death and rebirth; reincarnation), 分段身 (one who is reincarnated), or 分段同居 (the present world, world of the living)

References

  1. ^ 分段”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006