配分
Meaning in Englishdistribution, allotment
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What it means
What does 配分 mean? It denotes the allocation or distribution of resources, tasks, or portions among recipients or categories. It is used to describe how a whole is divided to meet constraints, priorities, or schedules in formal planning and everyday life.
Main meanings
- allocation of resources such as budget, personnel, or time
- portioning or apportioning amounts among groups or categories
- in planning or logistics, distribution of workloads or responsibilities
- in statistics or budgeting contexts, assigning quantities to targets
How to use it
Used in formal settings such as government budgeting, corporate resource planning, and project scheduling, as well as in everyday life to describe dividing tasks, allowances, or shares among people or categories; typically occurs with verbs like 配分する or related nouns; formal usage in policy and economics contexts.
Variants and close terms
- 分配 (bunpai) — distribution, allocation
- 割当 (wariate) — allocation, assignment
- アロケーション (arōkēshon) — loanword, allocation
Composition
- 配: to distribute, to arrange; conveys placing things in order or assigning
- 分: part, share, portion; indicates a segment to be allocated
Etymology
配 to distribute; 分 part; together they form a compound meaning distribution of parts; the reading haibun reflects the combination of these kanji and their on readings.
Origin
In classical and early modern Japan, the concept appeared in administrative contexts describing the allocation of resources like rice, taxes, and duties; later it broadened into corporate budgeting and public policy as administration modernized.
Word class
noun (名詞)