► 名詞
部 [ぶ] meaning: department rank: 2
☆ 経理部 ⇨ Accounting department
部 [ぶ] meaning: group rank: 2
☆ 彼女は高校でサッカー部に所属している ⇨ She is a member of high school football team (☛ In Japanese high schools, participation in extracurricular activities, typically sports or arts, is mandatory, and it forms a major part of school life)
部 [ぶ] meaning: part rank: 2
☆ 三部作の映画 ⇨ A three-part movie series. A trilogy
More examples:
- 彼は大変なものぐさで部屋の掃除も全くしない ⇨ He is so lazy he never cleans his room
- 彼等は二部リーグのチームにまで負けた ⇨ They even lost to a team from the second-tier league
- 有名な和泉式部の歌 ⇨ The famous poem of Izumi Shikibu (a female poet in 10th century)
- 彼は部下に責任を転嫁しようとした ⇨ He tried to shift the blame to his subordinates
- 部品がやっと入庫した ⇨ The part was finally received at the warehouse
- 営業部長 ⇨ The sales department manager
- 部屋の内装は素晴らしい出来栄えだ ⇨ The interior of the room is finished beautifully
- 連続ドラマの全部を見ていないので話が飛び飛びになって良く分からない ⇨ I haven’t watched all of the drama series so the plots have gaps and I don’t fully understand
- 部隊は待機状態にある ⇨ The squad is on standby
- 設計部門と製造部門が責任の擦り付けをしている ⇨ The design department and the production department are blaming each other
- この部品をはめるには少しコツが要る ⇨ It takes some knack to fit this part in place
- 東急線と京王線はお互いに一部乗り入れている (とうきゅうせん けいおうせん) ⇨ Tokyu railroads and Keio railroads share some lines
- 彼は話を全部聞かずに勝手に早とちりした ⇨ He didn’t listen to the whole story and drew a wrong conclusion on his own
- 内部の誰かがスパイ潜入の手引きをしたと思われる ⇨ It is believed that some insider helped the spy infiltrate
- 彼女は建物の内部を装飾した ⇨ She decorated the interior of the building