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今週は大学のオリエンテーション。要は、これから一年受ける講義を選ぶための説明、及び体験期間である。自分の興味のある科目や必修科目を、進級・卒業に必要な単位の分、バランスよく選ばなければならない。

What is the function of the bold 分? Is it like 一年間の休職の分だけ、仕事がたまっていた。?

chino alpha
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    Does this answer your question? [分 in 今回は単行本第三巻予定分から](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/30054/%e5%88%86-in-%e4%bb%8a%e5%9b%9e%e3%81%af%e5%8d%98%e8%a1%8c%e6%9c%ac%e7%ac%ac%e4%b8%89%e5%b7%bb%e4%ba%88%e5%ae%9a%e5%88%86%e3%81%8b%e3%82%89) – naruto Aug 04 '21 at 13:19
  • @naruto Hi. I don’t quite think it answered my question. I know that usage. If it were 単位分, I would have considered it was the same usage as the example in the link. – chino alpha Aug 04 '21 at 13:24
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    It's the same. That の after 単位 can be dropped, and you can add の and say 第3巻予定の分. 追加分 is the same as 追加の分 or 追加した分/追加する分, and so on. – naruto Aug 04 '21 at 13:25

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As commented, they mean the same ある範囲の分量。区別されたもの。.

A way to understand such 分 is to think about the amount of what is being talked about.

For the sentences in the question:

  • 必要な単位の分の科目や必修科目
  • 休職の分の仕事

A possible process to understand the sentece as follows:

The main clause is

  • 自分の興味のある科目や必修科目を、バランスよく選ばなければならない。You have to choose (compulsory) courses interesting to you in a well balanced way.

The part ending in 分 describes how much those 科目や必修科目 should be:

  • 進級や卒業に必要な単位の分 : the amount of courses you take is such that you can get credits required for successfully proceeding to next year/graduation

The second sentence can be understood in the same way:

  • 仕事が溜まっていた : Tasks had been accumulating
  • 一年間の休職の分 : the amount of those tasks is such that it represents a year's leave

I guess a difficulty lies in that you have to change the structure of the sentence a lot in order to get a decent translation (which I didn't do above).

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I am wondering if there is no single English word for 進級.

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