分量|ぶんりょうbunryou[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounamount; quantity
    その作り方つくりかたの分量ぶんりょうは六ろく人にん分ぶんです。↗
    The recipe serves six people.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbmeasuring; weighing
Conjugation
Dictionary form分量する(ぶんりょうする)
Polite (masu)分量します(ぶんりょうします)
Negative (nai)分量しない(ぶんりょうしない)
polite (masen)分量しません(ぶんりょうしません)
classical zu / nu分量せず・分量せぬ(ぶんりょうせず・ぶんりょうせぬ)
Past (ta)分量した(ぶんりょうした)
polite (mashita)分量しました(ぶんりょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)分量しなかった(ぶんりょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)分量しませんでした(ぶんりょうしませんでした)
Te form分量して(ぶんりょうして)
Potential分量できる(ぶんりょうできる)
Passive分量される(ぶんりょうされる)
Causative分量させる(ぶんりょうさせる)
Causative passive分量させられる(ぶんりょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)分量すれば(ぶんりょうすれば)
tara分量したら(ぶんりょうしたら)
Volitional分量しよう(ぶんりょうしよう)
polite (mashou)分量しましょう(ぶんりょうしましょう)
Imperative分量しろ(ぶんりょうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym量りょうNeutralQuantity or capacity in general, also generosity; used alone or as a suffix, as in 「水の量」「情報量」. 「分量」 is more about the concrete amount of food, writing, or work.
  • Synonym数量すうりょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for numbers and amounts, with a statistical flavor. 「分量」 centers on how much something weighs or how much space or text it takes.
  • SynonymボリュームNeutralLoanword for amount or bulk, also sound volume; often praises generous food portions, as in 「ボリューム満点」.
  • Synonym嵩かさNeutralBulk or volume, often in 「かさばる」「かさが増す」. 「分量」 focuses on weight and how much there is.
  • Related容積ようせきWrittenWritten/formal prose for the capacity a container can hold. 「分量」 is about how much is actually put in or contained.
  • Related体積たいせきNeutralMath and physics term for the space a solid occupies. 「分量」 focuses on the amount or portion.
  • Related数かずNeutralNumber or count, for things you can count individually. 「分量」 focuses on weight and amount.
  • Related高たかNeutralMostly a suffix for money amounts and figures, as in 「売上高」「生産高」. 「分量」 is about portions, not money.
  • Related大きさおおきさNeutralSize or dimensions, how much space something takes up. 「分量」 focuses on weight or amount.

Use 「分量」 for amounts by weight, volume, or length of text, as in 「料理の分量」. For a large amount 「ボリューム」 also works; for physical volume use 「体積」 or 「嵩」; for counts use 「数」; for money figures use 「高」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 重量じゅうりょうまたは容積ようせきおよび割合わりあい等とうの大小だいしょうの程度ていど。
  2. 量りょうを減へらすこと。
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