分量|ぶんりょうbunryou[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- nounamount; quantity
- 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.
- 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


