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IntermediateJLPT N3 Grammar

分

Amount of; worth of; portion (for a duration/quantity)

Meaning & usage

For ~; ~ worth; amount equivalent to ~; portion | A suffix which indicates the amount of something.

Notes

不足 - insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth​小切手 - check

行 - ぎょう - (counter for) line (i.e. of text); row; verse​

被災地 - area struck (by some disaster); location of a disaster​

当局 - authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned

Example sentences 8

  1. ここは後でサインをしますので 二行にぎょう分あけておいて下さい。

    Please leave two lines (of space) here because someone will sign there later.

  2. トラック三台分のごみが出た。

    Three trucks-full of garbage came out.

  3. 会議の資料を六人分用意しておいて下さい。

    Please get six sets of materials ready for the meeting.

  4. 学校当局とうきょくは諸しょ 経費けいひの増加ぞうか 分ぶんを授業じゅぎょう 料りょうの値上げでカバーしようとしている。

    The school authorities are trying to cover the (amount equivalent to the) increase in expenses by raising tuition.

  5. 政府は十万人分の 食糧しょくりょうを 被災地ひさいちに送った。

    The government sent food for 100,000 people to the disaster-stricken area.

  6. 私は今日三日分の仕事を片付けた。

    Today I did three days worth of work.

  7. 私達は四か月分のボーナスをもらった。

    We were paid a bonus equivalent to four months pay.

  8. 金の 不足ふそく分は 小切手こぎってで払います。

    I'll pay the remaining amount (literally: the amount for which cash is short) by check.

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