部 (Bu) is a Japanese noun meaning “department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau, faculty”.
Meanings
- noun, noun suffixdepartment (in an organization, company, etc.); division; bureau; facultyabove 課, below 局
- noun, noun suffixclub (at a school, university, etc.); team
- noun, noun suffixpart; portion; region; area
- noun, noun suffixcategory; class; division; section; heading
- countercounter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
Examples
部の責任者は彼です。
He's in charge of the department.
彼は英語部に入った。
He joined the English club.
この本を１部ください。
Give me a copy of this book.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).