JLPT N3 · な-adjective

余分 (yobun)

余分 (よぶん, yobun) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “extra; excess”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よぶん
Romaji: yobun
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

extra; excess; surplus · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

私たちは余分に１０ドル必要だ。

We'll need an extra ten dollars.

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

Conjugation of 余分

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	余分だ	よぶんだ yobunda
Present (polite)	余分です	よぶんです yobundesu
Negative	余分じゃない	よぶんじゃない yobunjanai
Past	余分だった	よぶんだった yobundatta
Negative past	余分じゃなかった	よぶんじゃなかった yobunjanakatta
Te-form	余分で	よぶんで yobunde
Before a noun	余分な	よぶんな yobunna
Adverb (~ni)	余分に	よぶんに yobunni

Kanji in 余分

余

too much, myself, surplusヨ・あま.る・あま.り · 7 strokes

分

part, minute of time, segmentブン・フン・わ.ける・わ.け · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 余分.

余りあまりremainder余裕よゆうsurplus余るあまるto remain余計よけいextra余所よそanother place余暇よかleisure余地よちspace余程よほどvery余所見よそみlooking away余興よきょうperformance (at a party or banquet, etc.)分ふんminute (unit of time)自分じぶんmyself多分たぶんprobably半分はんぶんhalf

Source: JMdict entry 1544520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.