下か部ぶ

noun

lower part; bottom section; substructure

Refers to the lower portion of a physical object, a page or screen, a diagram, a structure, and similar things. In compounds such as 下部構造 it can mean the substructure or underlying lower structure.

• 画が面めんの下か部ぶに検けん索さくボタンがあります。

  There is a search button at the bottom of the screen.

• 建たて物ものの下か部ぶが浸しん水すいした。

  The lower part of the building was flooded.

noun

subordinate office; lower-level organization

Administrative or organizational use, most naturally seen in compounds such as 下部組織 and 下部機関, meaning a body lower in a hierarchy.

• この団だん体たいは全ぜん国こくに下か部ぶ組そ織しきを持もっている。

  This organization has subordinate branches across the country.

noun

subordinate; loyal servant; faithful servant

Rare or old-fashioned use for a person in a low or serving position. Modern Japanese normally uses other words such as 部下 or しもべ depending on the context.

• 古ふるい語ご義ぎでは、「下か部ぶ」が主しゅ人じんに仕つかえる者ものを指さすことがある。

  In an older sense, 下部 (kabu) can refer to someone who serves a master.