本分 ほんぶん Meanings Noun one's duty; one's part Kanji 本 origin. Read as ホン. 分 part. Read as ブン. Example sentences 英国は各人がその本分を尽くすことを期待する。England expects that every man will do his duty. 勉強するのが学生の本分だ。It is the role of a student to study. Words containing 本分 根本分裂 (こんぽんぶんれつ) fundamental schism (between the early Sthaviravāda and Mahāsāṃghika Buddhist schools) 標本分布 (ひょうほんぶんぷ) sampling distribution 標本分散 (ひょうほんぶんさん) sample variance Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists