How to say "section" in Japanese

• 欄らんJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Refers to a section or column of a printed page, as in a newspaper — a designated block of text. It is not used for parts of objects or divisions of a text.
  一番いちばん最初さいしょに見みるのはスポーツ欄らんだよ。↗

  I always read the sports page first.
• 部分ぶぶんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe general word for a part or portion of a larger whole; use it when 'section' simply means some part of something, such as a section of a document or of a structure.
  オレの醜みにくい部分ぶぶんがオレを引き裂ひきさく。↗

  The ugly side of myself tears me up.
• 区間くかんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)A bounded stretch along a line or route, such as a section of track between two points; it means 'segment' rather than a part of a whole in general.
  不通ふつう区間くかんの開通かいつうの見込みこみはまだない。↗

  There's no hope at this moment that the closed section will be reopened.
• 章しょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA chapter or major section of a book or other written work; use it when 'section' means one of the divisions of a text rather than a part of a physical thing.
  教科書きょうかしょの各章かくしょうに約やく１２もの練習問題れんしゅうもんだいがついている。↗

  Each chapter in the textbook is followed by about a dozen comprehension questions.
• 断面だんめんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA cross section — the cut face or profile of something, as shown in technical drawing; it does not mean a section of text or a stretch of a route.

Choose 欄 for a newspaper section, 章 for a section of a text, 区間 for a stretch of track or route, 断面 for a cross section, and 部分 for a section as a general part of a whole.

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• 欄らんsection (e.g. in a newspaper)
• 部分ぶぶんportion
• 区間くかんsection (of track, etc.)
• 章しょうchapter
• 断面だんめんsection
• セクションsection
• 句くsection (i.e. of text)
• 切断せつだんcutting
• いっかくcorner
• 区画くかくdivision
• 区分くぶんdivision
• 売り場うりばselling area
• 切り口きりくちcut end
• 分科ぶんかdepartment
• 局所きょくしょpart
• 切開せっかいincision
• 部局ぶきょくdepartment
• 区分けくわけdivision
• 局部きょくぶpart
• 地区ちくdistrict
• 部署ぶしょone's post
• 区域くいきarea
• 条じょうarticle (in a document)
• くさりpassage
• セクション区画セクションくかくsection
• 分隊ぶんたいsquad
• 切片せっぺんsegment
• 切れ口きれくちcut end
• 分課ぶんかsubdivision
• 折丁おりちょうquire (bookbinding)
• 箇条かじょうitem
• 切断面せつだんめん(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing)
• 節せつsection (of a literary work or piece of music)
• 課かsection (in an organization)
• 区くdistrict (e.g. electoral)
• コーナーarea
• 班はんsquad
• 房ふさsegment (of a tangerine, etc.)
• 部会ぶかいdivision (of a larger organisation)
• 品ほんchapter
• 齣せきparagraph (esp. of an Edo-period novel)
• 段だんact (in kabuki, joruri, etc.)
• 部ぶcategory