分ぶん布ぷ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

分布する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for the way things are spread across an area, population, or range. Common in scientific, statistical, and everyday contexts.

〈物もの〉〉が〈場所ばしょ〉〉に分布ぶんぷするfor something to be distributed across a place
この植しょく物ぶつは日本にほん各かく地ちに分ぶん布ぷしている。
This plant is distributed throughout Japan.
〈物も・事の・こと〉〉の分布ぶんぷを調しらべるto investigate the distribution of something
研けん究きゅう者しゃは所しょ得とくの分ぶん布ぷを調しらべた。
The researcher investigated the distribution of income.
分布ぶんぷが偏かたよるfor a distribution to be skewed or uneven
データの分ぶん布ぷが大おおきく偏かたよっている。
The distribution of the data is heavily skewed.

散さん布ぷ
散布 emphasizes the act of scattering or spreading something over an area, while 分布 describes the resulting pattern of where things are found.
分ぶん散さんN1
分布 describes the resulting spatial pattern of things being spread out, while 分散 emphasizes the act or process of scattering or breaking apart.
点てん在ざい
分布 is the neutral, statistical term for how something is distributed, while 点在 specifically pictures separate, isolated points across a space.

集しゅう中ちゅうN3
集中 means things are concentrated in one place, the opposite of 分布, where things are spread out over an area or range.

配はい布ふN2
配布 means physically handing out or distributing items to people, while 分布 describes how things are naturally spread across an area or population.
散さん布ぷ
分布 describes the static state of how things are distributed over an area, while 散布 refers to the active process of scattering or spraying something.

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Compound of 分 (divide, part) and 布 (spread, cloth), referring to the idea of spreading out in parts. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.