JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

処分 (shobun)

処分 (しょぶん, shobun) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “disposal; throwing away”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しょぶん
Romaji
shobun
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. disposal; throwing away; selling off · noun, suru verb, transitive
  2. dealing with (a problem); measure · noun, suru verb, transitive
  3. punishment; penalty · noun, suru verb, transitive
  4. putting down (e.g. diseased animal) · noun, suru verb, transitive

Example sentences

私たちはその土地を処分しなければならない。
We have to dispose of the land.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 処分

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary処分するしょぶんする shobunsuru
Polite (~masu)処分しますしょぶんします shobunshimasu
Negative処分しないしょぶんしない shobunshinai
Polite negative処分しませんしょぶんしません shobunshimasen
Past処分したしょぶんした shobunshita
Polite past処分しましたしょぶんしました shobunshimashita
Negative past処分しなかったしょぶんしなかった shobunshinakatta
Te-form処分してしょぶんして shobunshite
Potential処分できるしょぶんできる shobundekiru
Passive処分されるしょぶんされる shobunsareru
Causative処分させるしょぶんさせる shobunsaseru
Volitional処分しようしょぶんしよう shobunshiyou
Imperative処分しろしょぶんしろ shobunshiro
Conditional (~ba)処分すればしょぶんすれば shobunsureba

Kanji in 処分

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 処分.

Source: JMdict entry 1342490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.