Describes objects that are physically thick and substantial, such as books, coats, or slices of meat. Often used attributively with な or as an adverb with に. The related i-adjective 分厚い is more common in everyday speech.
See also: 分厚い
This dictionary is thick and hard to carry around.
He put on a thick coat and went outside.
A general word for 'thick'. 分厚 emphasizes greater thickness or bulkiness, often with a nuance of being impressively or inconveniently thick.
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
Standard kanji spelling for this adjectival noun.
Alternate kanji spelling; less common than 分厚.
Formed from the intensifying prefix ぶ- and 厚い (“thick”), with the final い omitted in this adjectival-noun form.