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部門 — meaning in English

bumon

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English meaning

  • branch noun A woody offshoot growing from the trunk or a larger limb of a tree.
  • category noun A group or class into which things are sorted based on shared features.
  • department noun A distinct section of an organisation, business, or government responsible for a particular area of work.
  • unit noun A single, whole thing, especially one regarded as a standard measure or a self-contained part of something larger.

Senses

部門 is used for these senses in English:

  • branch A location of an organization with several locations.
  • category A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
  • category (mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
  • department A subdivision of an organization.
  • unit (military, informal) A member of a military organization.

branch — full definition

  1. noun A woody offshoot growing from the trunk or a larger limb of a tree.
  2. noun One of several local offices or outlets belonging to a larger organisation.
  3. noun A distinct part or subdivision of a subject, family, or system.
  4. verb To split into two or more parts, or to grow outward like a tree limb.

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