部（ぶ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: department
Example sentences
- 彼は高校でサッカー部に入っている。 — He's in the soccer club in high school.
- 私は会社の営業部で働いている。 — I work in the sales department at my company.
Idioms & proverbs containing “部”
- 一部始終 (いちぶしじゅう) — full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
- 石部金吉 (いしべきんきち) — man of incorruptible character
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