This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

主部

Reading

Kana: しゅぶ
Romaji: shubu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

main part; complete subject; grammatical subject

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

Example Sentence

主部(しゅぶ)」とは、(ぶん)(なか)動作(どうさ)をする(ひと)(もの)で、日本語(にほんご)(なお)した場合(ばあい)に「~は」「~が」になる部分(ぶぶん)です。
➥The "subject" is the person or object to carry out the action in the sentence. Transformed to Japanese it would be the part that end in "wa" or "ga".
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