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しょうぶぶん
Meanings
Noun
1. small part (of the whole)
Alt. forms
小
しょう
部
ぶ
分
ぶん
しょうぶぶん
Pitch accent
しょ
うぶ
ぶん
Composed of
しょう
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
ぶぶん
portion; section; part
Composed of
しょうぶ
(of a book, etc.) short
ぶん
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
Examples (1 in total)
われわれの
世
せ
界
かい
は
宇
う
宙
ちゅう
の
しょうぶぶん
にすぎない。
Our world is only a small part of the universe.