English–Japanese

“text” in Japanese

Japanese

Also文章 (bunshō) · テキスト (tekisuto)

Romajihonbun

この本は本文が短いです。ko no hon wa hon bun ga mijika i de su

The text of this book is short.

“Text” in Japanese is 本文 (honbun).

It marks the central written content that carries the substance of a book, document, or message.

この本の本文を読みます。ko no hon no hon bun o yo mi ma su

I read the text of this book.

メールの本文に、会議の日時を書いておきました。mē ru no hon bun ni kai gi no nichi ji o ka i te o ki ma shi ta

I wrote the date and time of the meeting in the body of the email.

In Japanese email and messaging interfaces, 本文 (honbun) often labels the main message field, where English uses the technical term "body".

bunshō

nountext

この文章を読んでください。ko no bun shō o yo n de ku da sa i

Please read this text.

tekisuto

nountext

このテキストを読んでください。ko no te ki su to o yo n de ku da sa i

Please read this text.