四し分ぶん

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

dividing into four; quartering

Refers to the act of splitting something into four equal parts, or the state of being so divided. Used both as a noun and with する as a transitive or intransitive verb.

• ケーキを四し分ぶんして、みんなで食たべた。

  We divided the cake into four and ate it together.

• この土と地ちは相そう続ぞくで四し分ぶんされた。

  This land was divided into four through inheritance.