分与|ぶんよbun'yo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdistribution; allocation; dispensation; impartation
   彼かれは息子むすこ達たちに財産ざいさんを分与ぶんよした。↗

   He settled his property on his sons.

• Synonym分けるわけるNeutralTo split apart or share out; the most common everyday verb, also covering sorting and telling things apart, so its range is far wider than 「分与」.
• Synonym分かつわかつWrittenWritten-style verb for dividing or splitting, also for sharing; seen in 「喜びを分かつ」 and 「袂を分かつ」; not limited to giving things to others.
• Synonym振り分けるふりわけるNeutralApportions things out to various parties, stressing division by category or proportion, e.g. grouping people; giving is not the point.
• Synonym割り当てるわりあてるNeutralAssigns tasks or quotas, fixing each person's share in advance; mostly for work and resource arrangements, and not limited to money or property.
• Synonym配分はいぶんWrittenWritten-style noun for allocating resources and time, common in budgets and planning; 「分与」 centers on giving to others.
• Synonym配当はいとうWrittenWritten-style term for allotment that also covers a company paying profits to shareholders; 「分与」 has no dividend sense.
• Synonym分配ぶんぱいNeutralA common everyday word for distributing to each party by rule, also for assigning tasks; much more frequent than 「分与」.
• Synonym配るくばるNeutralEveryday verb for handing out or delivering things, with the emphasis on giving them to each person in turn; 「分与」 does not stress individual handing out.
• Synonym割り振るわりふるNeutralDivides up work or slots and deals them out to each person; mostly used for arranging tasks.
• Synonym分け合うわけあうNeutralMutual sharing: the parties divide something and use it together on equal terms, not one-sided giving.
• Synonym取り分けるとりわけるNeutralServes food onto each person's plate or picks items out; daily spoken use for portioning, while 「分与」 typically concerns property.
• Synonym分かち与えるわかちあたえるWrittenShares out to everyone; rare and literary, meaning the same as 「分け与える」 but more written — use that in daily life.
• Synonym分かち合うわかちあうWrittenWritten-style verb for sharing together — joy, sorrow and other feelings as well as wealth, as in 「富を分かち合う」; mutual, while 「分与」 is one-sided.
• Synonym分け与えるわけあたえるNeutralThe native verb closest in meaning to 「分与」 — handing out to everyone — but more colloquial and the usual choice in daily speech.
• Related分担ぶんたんNeutralFor sharing work or expenses, each party taking on a portion; 「分与」 is about handing out money or property, so the focus differs.
• Related分け取りわけどりNeutralNoun for several people splitting something equally, focused on each one ending up with a share.
• Related分け取るわけとるNeutralRare verb for each party taking away a share; giving to the other side is not the point.
• Related分け持つわけもつNeutralRare verb for holding something jointly or taking turns carrying it; the thing is not given away.
• Antonym集約しゅうやくWrittenWritten-style term for consolidating scattered things into one place — the opposite direction from 「分与」, which distributes to many.
• Antonym収集しゅうしゅうNeutralGathering things into one's hands — the reverse of 「分与」, which sends things out.

「分与」 is for giving property or benefits to others, mostly in legal contexts such as 「財産分与」. For everyday distribution choose 「分配」 or 「分ける」; for handing things out one by one, 「配る」. Use 「割り当てる」 or 「割り振る」 to assign shares and tasks, 「分担」 for splitting work or costs, 「分け合う」 or 「分かち合う」 for mutual sharing, and the written 「配分」 or 「配当」 for budgets, resources and dividends. 「集約」 and 「収集」 point the opposite way, pulling things in rather than sending them out.

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1. 分け与わけあたえること。