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存分 (ぞんぶん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

存ぞん分ぶん

ぞ

ん

ぶ

ん

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

adverb, na-adjective

to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; freely

Used adverbially, almost always as 存分に, to mean doing something fully, without holding back, or as much as one wants.

休きゅう日じつは存ぞん分ぶんに楽たのしみたい。
I want to enjoy my day off to the fullest.
彼かれは自

じ

分ぶん

の

意い

見けん

を

存ぞん

分ぶん

に

述の

べ

た

。

He expressed his opinion freely.

Written forms

存ぞん分ぶんUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in the adverbial form 存分に.
ぞんぶんUsage4%

Kanji

存exist, suppose, be aware of
分part, minute of time, segment

Similar words

十じゅう分ぶん
十分 means 'enough' or 'sufficient', while 存分に emphasizes doing something without restraint or to the maximum extent possible.
思おもい切きり
思い切り also means 'to one's heart's content' or 'with all one's might', but is more casual and often used with physical actions.

Etymology

Compound of 存 (ぞん, 'to know, to think') and 分 (ぶん, 'portion, share'). The original meaning of 'as much as one thinks' shifted to 'as much as one wants'.