分ぶん業ぎょう

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

division of labor; specialization; assembly-line production

Refers to splitting work among people, teams, roles, or production steps so that each handles a specific part. As 分業する it can be used intransitively for working by division of labor, or transitively for dividing up a task.

• 家か事じを夫ふう婦ふで分ぶん業ぎょうしている。

  My spouse and I divide the housework between us.

• この工こう場じょうでは工こう程ていごとに分ぶん業ぎょうが進すすんでいる。

  In this factory, work is increasingly divided by production process.

• 作さ業ぎょうを細こまかく分ぶん業ぎょうしたおかげで、締しめ切きりに間まに合あった。

  Thanks to dividing the work into smaller roles, we met the deadline.