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11-09-2011, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by davidshao12 View Post
In my studies I ran across the counter fun sometimes being pronounced bun. I know it is pronounced pun sometimes. Is there a reason that it may be pronounced bun sometimes or is it just a mistake.

EX. sanjubbun
sanjuppun
Well, not as a counter (I used to say よんぶん and さんぶん all the time by mistake), but 三分する and 四分する both make it ぶん (they mean, respectively, to cut into three pieces and to cut into four pieces).
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