分ぶん断だん

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分断する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	分ぶん断だんする	分ぶん断だんしない
Polite	分ぶん断だんします	分ぶん断だんしません
Past polite	分ぶん断だんしました	分ぶん断だんしませんでした
Past	分ぶん断だんした	分ぶん断だんしなかった
Te-form	分ぶん断だんして	分ぶん断だんしないで
Desire	分ぶん断だんしたい	分ぶん断だんしたくない
Potential	分ぶん断だんできる	分ぶん断だんできない
Passive	分ぶん断だんされる	分ぶん断だんされない
Causative	分ぶん断だんさせる	分ぶん断だんさせない
Causative passive	分ぶん断だんさせられる	分ぶん断だんさせられない
Volitional	分ぶん断だんしよう
Polite volitional	分ぶん断だんしましょう
Imperative	分ぶん断だんしろ	分ぶん断だんするな
Conditional	分ぶん断だんすれば	分ぶん断だんしなければ
Tara conditional	分ぶん断だんしたら	分ぶん断だんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

division; splitting; breaking up

Refers to physically or figuratively dividing something into separate parts, often with a sense of severing or disconnecting. Used as both a noun and a suru verb.

その政せい策さくは社しゃ会かいの分ぶん断だんを招まねいた。
That policy caused a division in society.
壁かべが部屋へやを二ふたつに分ぶん断だんしている。
A wall divides the room into two.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を分ぶん断だんするto split/cut something into disconnected parts
川かわが国くにを二ふたつに分ぶん断だんしている。
The river divides the country into two disconnected halves.
〈物もの〉が分ぶん断だんされるfor something to get cut off/isolated
洪こう水ずいで道どう路ろが分ぶん断だんされた。
The road was cut off by the flood.
〈人ひと〉を分ぶん断だんするto split people/society apart
意い見けんの違ちがいが国こく民みんを分ぶん断だんしている。
Differences of opinion are dividing the nation.

Kanji

分part, minute of time, segment
断severance, decline, refuse

Related words

分ぶん割かつN1
分割 is a neutral term for dividing something into parts (e.g. payments, land), while 分断 implies a sharper, often forcible severing or cutting-off.
分ぶん裂れつN1
分裂 stresses breaking apart into factions or pieces (e.g. cell division, party split), whereas 分断 focuses on something being cut off or isolated from the rest.
分ぶん離りN1
分離 means a neutral separation of two things that were joined, while 分断 carries a stronger sense of disruption or severance, often against the will of those affected.
寸すん断だん
分断 means dividing something into separate parts (often two), while 寸断 emphasizes cutting into many small, scattered pieces.
切せつ断だんN1
分断 focuses on splitting or dividing something into separated parts or groups, while 切断 focuses on the physical act of cutting through.

Opposites

統とう合ごうN1
統合 means to unify or integrate separate parts into one, the opposite of 分断's sense of cutting something into disconnected pieces.

Don't confuse with

分ぶん担たんN1
分担 (sharing duties or costs among people) sounds similar to 分断 but has nothing to do with severing or disconnecting something.

Word family

分ぶん断だん線せん
dividing line; demarcation line
分ぶん断だん前ぜん部ぶ
orphan (text separated by page/paragraph break)
分ぶん断だん国こっ家か
divided nation; split country
分ぶん断だん後こう部ぶ
widow (in typesetting)
分ぶん断だん選せん択たく
disruptive selection

Etymology

Compound of 分 (ぶん, 'part, divide') and 断 (だん, 'cut off, sever'). The combination conveys a sense of dividing by cutting or breaking apart.