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分割 — meaning in English

bunkatsu

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English meaning

  • cleavage noun The visible gap between a woman's breasts, especially when shown by a low neckline.
  • divide verb To split something into two or more parts.
  • divisible adj Capable of being divided or split.
  • division noun The act of splitting something into separate parts, or one of those resulting parts.
  • indivisible adjective Not able to be split into separate parts.
  • partition noun A wall or screen that divides a room or space into separate sections.

Senses

分割 is used for these senses in English:

  • cleavage The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.]
  • divide (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
  • divisible Capable of being divided or split.
  • division (uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything.
  • indivisible Incapable of being divided; atomic.
  • indivisible (arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.

cleavage — full definition

  1. noun The visible gap between a woman's breasts, especially when shown by a low neckline.
  2. noun A split or division of something into separate parts, including the natural splitting planes in crystals or the division of cells during growth.

divide — full definition

  1. verb To split something into two or more parts.
  2. verb In mathematics, to work out how many times one number goes into another.
  3. verb To cause disagreement or split opinion among a group of people.
  4. noun A significant difference or gap separating two groups or things.

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