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While reading 君死にたもう流星群 vol. 3, I found this sentence: 真理亜{まりあ}がまたビールを呷る。
**今日早く帰った分** 、明日の朝は早いということだったが、それでもアルコールを飲むペースは変わらない.

I'm trying to understand this 分 construction: I found 分 translated as "if" "in
proportion to" and similar things, but I don't really understand what it
implies. For example, I read that sentence as meaning "Since today she came
home early, tomorrow she'll have to start in the early morning", so I'd
translate 分 as "since".

Another example (with a different 分-construction): 日本の大学に行ってない **分だけ**
、就職はきつくなる. In this case, a character is thinking about studying abroad, while
the protagonist is trying to convince her to keep studying in Japan, and he
says that sentence.

I'd read it as "If you don't go to a Japanese university, finding work will be
hard", so I'd translate 分だけ as "if", while [I found it
translated](https://www.nihongomaster.com/japanese/dictionary/word/94273/bundake-%E5%88%86%E3%81%A0%E3%81%91-%E3%81%B6%E3%82%93%E3%81%A0%E3%81%91)
as "in proportion to, just as much as", which I find odd: should I read it
"The less you study in a Japanese university, the more it'll difficult to find
work", since it's possible to study just a year abroad? But since she is
thinking about studying abroad for the full degree, not just a year or so, it
doesn't seem to fit.

I found [this](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/12252/meaning-
of-%E3%81%A0%E3%81%91-in-%E5%88%86%E3%81%A0%E3%81%91) answer, but it isn't
really helping.

What do 分 implies in cases like these? What would be different if I used
から・ので・なら instead?

(Not sure if these - 分 and 分だけ - are two separate questions, if needed I can
split them.)
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Differences between 分 and から・ので・なら
In this context, 分 refers to the imaginary, proportional effect caused by what
precedes it.

For example, `今日早く帰ったので、明日の朝は早い` simply means you have to wake up early
"because" you went home early today. Whereas `今日早く帰った分、明日の朝は早い` means you have
to wake up earlier by an amount corresponding to how early you went home
today.

Similarly, `日本の大学に行ってない分だけ、就職はきつくなる` specifies that things get harder by an
amount caused by not going to a Japanese University (but not beyond). If you
say `日本の大学に行ってないので、就職はきつくなる`, it may mean things are hard on an absolute
level, whereas `日本の大学に行ってない分だけ、就職はきつくなる` means it is harder than if you went
to a Japanese University, but it doesn't necessary mean it's "hard" in
absolute terms.

A more literal usage is e.g. `半分はお前の分な` (your share is half of it).
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