Tonada

Japanese word

部下

ぶか
In your course · Chapter 40
Part of speech
noun
Level
B2

Meanings

  1. subordinate

Source: Tonada course

Kanji

  • 部
    On reading:
    ブ
    Kun reading:
    -べ
    Meanings:
    section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  • 下
    On reading:
    カ、ゲ
    Kun reading:
    -くだ.す、お.りる、お.ろす、くだ.さる、くだ.す、くだ.り、くだ.る、さ.がる、さ.げる、した、しも、もと
    Meanings:
    below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

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Sources and licences

  • Tonada course content (words, example sentences and their translations).
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