分断(ぶんだん)

ぶんだん
noun; noun (する)
division, fragmentation, severance
1. division, fragmentation, severance
The act of cutting or splitting something into separate parts, often implying a forceful or harmful separation. Used for physical division as well as social or political fragmentation.
社会(しゃかい)の分断(ぶんだん)が深(ふか)まっている。
The division in society is deepening.
道路(どうろ)が洪水(こうずい)で分断(ぶんだん)された。
The road was cut off by the flood.
内戦(ないせん)により国(くに)が南北(なんぼく)に分断(ぶんだん)された歴史(れきし)がある。
There is a history of the country being divided into north and south by civil war.

Carries a negative connotation, implying that the division is harmful or forced. Contrast with 分割(ぶんかつ) (division, partition), which is more neutral.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 社会(しゃかい)の分断(ぶんだん) (social division)
  • 分断(ぶんだん)される (be divided, be severed)
  • 分断(ぶんだん)を生(う)む (create division)
  • 南北(なんぼく)分断(ぶんだん) (north-south division)
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Added 2026.2.18 8:15
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