bu

Numeric

1. one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

その貸付 かしつけ きん、8 はち ぶん利益 りえき む。
sono kashitsukekinwa happunno riekio umu.
The loan bears an 8% interest.
Noun

2. one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency)

Noun

3. thickness

Noun

4. advantageous circumstances

かれのほうに ぶんがある。
kareno hōni wakega aru.
The odds are in his favor.
Noun

5. one-tenth of a monme of silver