歩ぶ

noun

bu (unit of area); approx. 3.31 m²

Traditional Japanese unit of area, still used in some real estate and agricultural contexts. One 歩 is about 3.31 square metres.

• この土と地ちは50歩ぶあります。

  This land is 50 bu.

noun

commission; percentage

Used in business contexts to refer to a fee or percentage taken from a transaction. Often seen in compound words like 歩合 (ぶあい).

• 売うり上あげの歩ぶをもらう。

  I receive a commission on sales.

noun, used as a suffix

exactly; precisely

Suffix attached to traditional area units (町, 段, 畝) to indicate an exact whole number, e.g. 一町歩 (いっちょうぶ) means exactly one 町.

• 一いっ町ちょう歩ぶの田たんぼ。

  A rice field of exactly one chō.