十分

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じゅうぶん
Alternative writings: 充分
JLPT:N4
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1Read じゅうぶん. Enough, sufficient, plenty — a required amount or degree is fully met, with nothing lacking. A na-adjective used as 十分だ / 十分な; also written 充分. The same spelling read じっぷん/じゅっぷん means "ten minutes."

Na-Adjective

Examples

これだけあれば十分だ。

This much is plenty.

彼にはこの仕事をこなす十分な実力がある。

He has more than enough ability to handle this job.

説明が十分でなかったので、質問が相次いだ。

The explanation wasn't sufficient, so questions kept coming.

2Adverb: to a sufficient degree — fully, thoroughly, well. Often in the form 十分に〜する.

Adverb

Examples

試験前は十分に睡眠をとりなさい。

Get plenty of sleep before the exam.

内容は十分に理解できた。

I understood the content thoroughly.

安全を十分に確認してから作業を始める。

Begin work only after fully confirming that it's safe.

3(Rare/archaic) dividing into ten; a tenfold division (十分する). Seldom used in modern Japanese.

NounGroup 3 VerbTransitive Verb

Examples

円周を十分して目盛りを刻む。

Divide the circumference into ten and mark off the scale.

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