にぶん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection
The pillar, stretching endlessly, bisected the sky, and its tip was not visible.
Noun
2. the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
Pitch accent
に
ぶん
Composed of
two; 2
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
a half; 50%
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
dichotomy
Examples (6 in total)
The continent was split broadly into two.
My clock is two minutes fast.
I missed the train by two minutes.
The pillar, stretching endlessly, bisected the sky, and its tip was not visible.
Within a couple of minutes, she had eaten up all the bread and cheese.
Dividing the world in two by nothing but friend or foe may be foolish.