部ぶ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; faculty
above 課, below 局
2. club (at a school, university, etc.); team
3. part; portion; region; area
4. category; class; division; section; heading
Counter
5. counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
Alt. forms
Kanji used
section
Pitch accent
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Top 1100
Used in vocabulary (348 in total)
all; entire; whole; altogether
portion; section; part
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
subordinate person
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
interior; inside; internal
club activities; extracurricular activities
headquarters; head office; main office
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
branch; branch office; subdivision
parts; accessories; components
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
southern part; the south (of a region)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
eastern part; the east (of a region)
(lower) abdomen; hypogastrium; genitals; private parts
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
top part; surface
class; heading; group; category
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
club activities; extracurricular activities
secret place; genitals
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
editorial department
military authorities; army circles
track and field club
details; particulars
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
soccer club (at a school); football club
basketball club
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
information bureau; intelligence department
commanding officer
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
centre; center; middle
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
(the) executive; administration; leadership
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
top part of the head; crown; parietal region
faculty of medicine; college of medicine; department of medicine; school of medicine; medical school
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
faculty (of a university); school; college; department
club disbandment
Ministry of War (Tang dynasty China)
all parts; various parts; every department
leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)
urban area; urban district
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
Ministry of Revenue (Tang dynasty China)
pubic region; private parts; genital area
club budget; club expense
school store; co-op; purchasing department
the staff; inside the department
part; section; affected part (of the body); private parts; genitals
region of the heart; central part; heart (e.g. of a city); center
front part; fore; front
development department
personnel department
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
section meeting; division (of a larger organisation); department; section
second division; secondary division
security department (of a police force); security bureau; security division
commanding officer
Ministry of Justice (in Tang dynasty China)
faculty of letters; college of letters; school of humanities
(command) headquarters
girls' or women's division or section
mountainous region
division (of company); operations department
executives; top management; governing body
base; foundation
two parts; two copies; the second part
general affairs department (bureau); executive section
faculty of law; school of law; college of law
number of copies; circulation
northwestern part; the northwest
base; bottom
femoral region; thigh area
southwestern part; the southwest
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
faculty of engineering; school of engineering; college of engineering; department of engineering
accounting department
northeastern part; the northeast
research division; inquiry section
inner-city area; city center
three parts; three copies
xylem; wooden part (of)
safety department; security department
inland districts; inland areas
planning department
public relations section or department
two parts; two copies; the second part
southeastern part; the southeast
six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
news department
department of economics; faculty of economics
mountaineering club; mountain area
tail; caudal
table tennis club; ping-pong club
local news section; the city desk
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Ministry of Public Security (China)
Ministry of Works (Tang dynasty China)
Naval General Staff
special investigation department
advertising department; public relations department; PR department
component; part; material; member
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
faculty of science; school of science; college of science
department; bureau; section; part
three parts; three copies
outside (an organization, department, etc.)
torso; body; trunk
food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
sales department
legal office; law office; legal department
daytime; noon period of the day; matinee
lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.
faculty of agriculture; school of agriculture; department of agriculture
changing post (department, club, etc.)
rural district; farming area
school of pharmacy; department of pharmaceutical sciences
police affairs department; police headquarters department which handles human resources, finance, etc.
phase; aspect; field; side
Ministry of Rites (Tang dynasty China)
groin; inguinal region
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
front; forehead
introduction; introductory part; lead
basketball club
badminton club
perineal region
oral region; regio oralis; kanji radical for "mouth"
operational unit; supervisory department; control division
cervix; uterine cervix; cervix uteri
Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)
publishing department
promotion department; development department; enhancement department
urban areas
extrusion; protrusion; bulge; projecting part; overhang
two parts; both parts; both realms (i.e. the Diamond Realm and the Womb Realm); Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation
school of commerce; faculty of commerce
department and section managers
radical (of a kanji character)
main part; key part; head (of a phrase)
groin; inguinal region
Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)
periphery; margin; rim; penumbra
department of veterinary medicine; school of veterinary medicine
ministry in charge of military affairs (ritsuryō period); military command body (early Meiji period)
military government
club journal; club notebook
diplomatic mission
underlined part
treble; high singing voice
external genitalia (esp. female); vulva
faculty of arts; school of arts
buttocks
executives; top management; governing body
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
real part (of complex number)
forehead; frontal
general education division (at Japanese universities; phased out after the 1991 reforms); department of general eduction; college of general education
general affairs department (e.g. in a company); operations department
elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school
middle section (of a composition in ternary form); trio
foot region
liaison department; public relations department
night-school session; evening classes
imaginary part (of complex number)
main part; principal part; subject (noun phrase)
copyreading department
daytime session (of a school, university, etc.)
early Buddhist schools; Nikaya Buddhism
rural districts; counties
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
Sthaviravada (early Buddhist movement)
island area; insular region
faculty of humanities; school of humanities
remainder; remnant; the rest; copies (still) in stock
groin; inguinal region
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
bend; flexure; bight
lower brain; base of the brain
(of a book, etc.) short
groin; inguinal region
out-of-store sales department
faculty of political science and economics; school of political science and economics
beginning part; initial part; nose cone (missile)
Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
Inspectorate General of Military Training (1898-1945)
seat (of chair, bench, etc.); seat base
photosensor (e.g. of a remote control); optical receiver
gastric region
Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryō system)
corpus uteri; uterine body; body of the uterus
faculty of dentistry; school of dentistry; dental school
ward area (of Tokyo); 23 special wards
foreign news desk
muzzle (of a dog, cat, etc.)
assigning to sections (departments, divisions, etc.); subordinate
weld; weld zone; welded part
Ministry of State Security (China)
controlling element; actuator; operating portion
nape (of the neck); nucha; nuchal region; poll (esp. of horses)
woody parts (of a plant); xylem
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
island area; insular region
legislature; legislative body
faculty of informatics; school of informatics
quartet; quartette; piece in four parts or voices
collating (printing)
cardiac region (of the stomach)
elbow; elbow-shaped bend
classification
address field; address part
processor; handler
faculty of integrated arts and sciences; school of integrated arts and sciences
neuromuscular junction; myoneural junction
palm (of the hand); palmar area; metacarpal (bone); metacarpus
faculty of fisheries; faculty of fishery science
Ministry of Science and Technology (China)
groin; inguinal region
groin; inguinal region
groin; inguinal region
part number; PN
leaving a school club (upon graduation)
pars triangularis; triangular area; triangular part of inferior frontal gyrus
kanji "shell" radical (154)
division header
meroblastic cleavage; partial cleavage
substring; subsequence
end of procedure division
path overhead section
user part
Voigt element (combination of spring and viscous damper)
criminal investigation department; criminal investigation bureau
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Dīgha Nikaya; Collection of Long Discourses
junior college (attached to a university)
mail-order department; branch store
drive unit; drive section; drive
choir; singing club; chorus club
Samyutta Nikaya; Connected Discourses; Kindred Sayings
exponent portion; characteristic (e.g. in floating-point representation)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (China)
Ministry of Ecology and Environment (China)
Ministry of National Defense (China)
content portion
Ministry of Justice (China)
culture club (e.g. at school)
suburban districts
Ministry of Education (China)
Ministry of Water Resources (China)
mantissa; significand
elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school
initialization section
plains area; flatland; plain
swimming club (at a university, corporation, etc.); swimming team
storage unit; memory unit
Ministry of Commerce (China)
Ministry of Culture and Tourism (China)
election department
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
Ministry of Civil Affairs (PRC)
Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)
Ministry of Finance (China)
pulmonary apex region; apical pulmonary region
Organized Crime Countermeasures Department (of the Japanese police); Organized Crime Department
rotator interval; rotator cuff interval
Examples (22 in total)
I belong to the tennis club.
Welcome to the home cooking club.
He belongs to the camera club.