分配|ぶんぱいbunpai[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdivision; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
   彼かれらは利益りえきを公平こうへいに分配ぶんぱいした。↗

   They allotted the profits fairly.

• Synonym配分はいぶんWrittenWritten noun for allocating resources or time in proportions, as in 「時間配分」; stresses the proportional split, while 分配 stresses giving out to each party.
• Synonym配当はいとうWrittenWritten noun, mainly financial: dividends paid to shareholders or apportioned shares; not for everyday dividing of things.
• Synonym分担ぶんたんNeutralNeutral noun for dividing work or expenses so each person takes responsibility for a part; about shouldering one's share, not handing things out.
• Synonym配るくばるNeutralEveryday verb for handing things out one by one to many people, as in 「チラシを配る」.
• Synonym配布はいふNeutralNeutral noun for distributing materials or leaflets, as in 「配布資料」; the standard word for handouts.
• Synonym分与ぶんよWrittenWritten noun for giving out portions, as in 「財産分与」; mostly legal usage.
• SynonymディストリビューションNeutralLoanword for the distribution or circulation of goods and services, or a software release (distro); technical flavor, mostly business and IT contexts.
• Related分かつわかつWrittenWritten verb for dividing or sharing, as in 「喜びを分かつ」; literary flavor, so it rarely replaces 分配 in everyday speech.
• Related分けるわけるNeutralNeutral verb for dividing or giving out; the most common everyday word of this group and the broadest in range, covering both splitting and sharing out.
• Related振り分けるふりわけるNeutralVerb for sorting into two or apportioning among people, as in 「仕事を振り分ける」; focuses on assigning each item to its side or person.
• Related割り当てるわりあてるNeutralVerb for assigning a set task, quota or amount to a specific person or group; the focus is on designating who gets what.
• Related分け合うわけあうNeutralVerb for people sharing something among themselves, as in 「お菓子を分け合う」; mutual exchange rather than one party distributing.
• Related割り振るわりふるNeutralVerb for allocating tasks, rooms or budgets as circumstances dictate; close to 割り当てる but stresses the arranging itself.
• Related頒布はんぷWrittenFormal written noun for distributing or issuing something widely to many people, as in 「無料頒布」.
• Related分かち合うわかちあうNeutralVerb for sharing things like joy or pain with others; carries a warm, empathetic tone that plain 分配 lacks.
• Related分け与えるわけあたえるNeutralVerb for dividing something up and giving it to each person; works for one's own or entrusted things and carries a nuance of sharing.
• Related取り分けるとりわけるNeutralVerb for serving food onto each person's plate, or for singling one thing out from the rest; concrete, hands-on dividing.
• Related分かち与えるわかちあたえるWrittenWritten verb for dividing something and giving it out to others, as in 「喜びを分かち与える」; literary in tone.
• Related分け取りわけどりNeutralUncommon noun for dividing something so each person takes a share; stresses each party taking their own portion.
• Related分け取るわけとるNeutralUncommon verb for taking one's own portion of a whole; the emphasis is on each person claiming their share.
• Related分け持つわけもつNeutralVerb for holding or carrying something jointly; the sense is sharing the burden between people rather than handing it out.
• Antonym収集しゅうしゅうWrittenAntonym: written noun for collecting or gathering things in, as in 「資料の収集」; the reverse of distributing things out.
• Antonym集中しゅうちゅうNeutralAntonym: neutral noun for concentrating in one place, as in 「権力の集中」; the opposite of dispersing or distributing among many.

Use 「分配」 for dividing benefits or resources among parties, as in 「利益分配」 or 「富の分配」. For proportional allocation pick 「配分」, for sharing work or costs 「分担」, for handing out leaflets 「配る」 or 「配布」, for sharing feelings 「分かち合う」, and for everyday dividing 「分ける」; collecting is 「収集」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 分わけて、配くばること。
2. 義務ぎむや作業さぎょうを割り当わりあてること。
3. 生産せいさんに参加さんかした割合わりあいで所得しょとくが分わけられること。