バンパーが衝撃をいくらか吸収してくれた。

bumper

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

shock; crash; impact; ballistic

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

how much?; how many?; even; even if

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

absorption; suction; attraction