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Chinese
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to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng) |
paragraph; section; segment
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分
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段
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分
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段
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Pronunciation
Verb
分段
- to divide into segments, sections or paragraphs
Japanese
Etymology
Attested from at least the 12th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
分段 • (bundan)
- a segment, section; the end of something, end of a section; a break, stopping place
1925, Hirota Denzō, Beikoku genzai no kyōiku , page 357:
- 然しこの推定は維持することが出来ない。學校の分段は管理の要素として必要なものである。
- 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.
- (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”)
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