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分食 (ぶんしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

分ぶん食しょく

Meanings

1

noun

partial eclipse

astronomy

Astronomical term for a partial eclipse of the sun or moon.

今こん夜やは部ぶ分ぶん月げっ食しょくではなく、分ぶん食しょくが見みられる。
Tonight we can see a partial eclipse, not a total lunar eclipse.

Written forms

分ぶん食しょく
Standard kanji spelling for partial eclipse in astronomy.
分ぶん蝕しょく
Alternate kanji spelling using 蝕 (eclipse); less common but still encountered.

Kanji

分part, minute of time, segment
食eat, food
蝕eclipse, occultation, be defective

Similar words

部ぶ分ぶん食しょく
Also means partial eclipse; 分食 is a shorter, more technical term.
皆かい既き食しょく
Total eclipse, contrasted with 分食 (partial eclipse).

Etymology

From 分 (partial) + 食 (eclipse). The kanji 食 is used in astronomical contexts to mean eclipse.