分だけ – vocab dash

分ぶんだけ

Meanings

Suffix

1. in proportion to; just as much as

Kanji used

Composed of

part; portion; share; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for); one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position; …

Noun

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

Particle

Examples5

飲のむ分ぶんだけ豆まめをローストして、ミルで挽ひくんです。

We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.

いつものよりがんばった分ぶんだけ疲つかれました。

I tried harder than usual, so I'm all the more exhausted.

彼かれは私わたしよりも首くびの分ぶんだけ背せが高たかい。

He is taller than me by a head.

彼かれは飲のんだ分ぶんだけ吐はいてしまった。

He threw up just as much as he had drunk.

ジーンズは、洗せん濯たくした分ぶんだけきれいに見みえるようになったわけではなかった。

The jeans looked none the cleaner for having been washed.