部

Meaning

部 centers on dividing a whole into smaller organized units: a section, department, or class, and by extension a part or portion of something. The counter sense for copies of a publication fits the idea of a numbered part of a series.

• 部ぶ
  N2

  department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; faculty

• 全部ぜんぶ
  N5

  all; entire; whole; altogether

• 部分ぶぶん
  N3

  portion; section; part

• 部屋へや
  N5

  room; chamber

• 一部いちぶ
  N2

  one part; one portion; one section

• 倶楽部クラブ
  N3

  club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

• 内部ないぶ
  N2

  interior; inside; internal

• 部隊ぶたい

  force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

• 本部ほんぶ
  N2

  headquarters; head office; main office

• 外部がいぶ
  N2

  outside (e.g. of a building); exterior

• 部門ぶもん
  N1

  division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department

• 部下ぶか
  N2

  subordinate person

• 部長ぶちょう
  N5

  head (chief, director) of a section or department

• 部品ぶひん
  N2

  parts; accessories; components

• 北部ほくぶ
  N1

  northern part; the north (of a region)

• 幹部かんぶ
  N1

  management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

• 南部なんぶ
  N1

  southern part; the south (of a region)

• 学部がくぶ
  N3

  faculty (of a university); school; college; department

• 支部しぶ

  branch; branch office; subdivision

• 部活ぶかつ

  club activities; extracurricular activities

• 上部じょうぶ

  top part; surface

• 部位ぶい

  part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

• 部署ぶしょ
  N1

  one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

• 下部かぶ

  lower part; substructure

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