(くぶん)

くぶん
noun, suru verb
division; classification; section
1. division; classification; section; demarcation
The act of dividing something into categories or sections, or the categories themselves.
I categorized it by age group.
This classification is not clear.
The sections of the parking lot are hard to understand.

PATTERNS:

  • 区分(くぶん)する (to divide, to classify)
  • (べつ)区分(くぶん)する (to classify by...)
  • 区分(くぶん)明確(めいかく) (clear classification)

TYPES:

  • 年齢(ねんれい)区分(くぶん) (age classification)
  • 時間(じかん)区分(くぶん) (time division)
  • 料金(りょうきん)区分(くぶん) (fare classification)
  • 所有(しょゆう)区分(くぶん) (ownership division)

COMPOUND:

  • 区分(くぶん)所有(しょゆう) (sectional ownership - condominiums)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 分類(ぶんるい) (classification - more formal)
  • 区別(くべつ) (distinction - between things)
  • 分割(ぶんかつ) (division - splitting up)
  • 仕分(しわ)け (sorting, categorizing)