Japanese word

文

Pronunciation

Romajibun

Meaning

  • nounsentence

Example

その文を読んでください。so no bun o yo n de ku da sa i

Please read that sentence.

Illustration for 文 (sentence)

More examples

この文は短くて分かりやすいです。ko no bun wa mijika ku te wa ka ri ya su i de su

This sentence is short and easy to understand.

この文の意味を辞書で調べます。ko no bun no i mi o ji sho de shira be ma su

I will look up the meaning of this sentence in a dictionary.

Core concept

A sentence is a complete unit of words that conveys one connected thought.

Common phrases

  • 文を書くbun o ka ku

    write a sentence

  • 文を読むbun o yo mu

    read a sentence

  • 文の意味bun no i mi

    meaning of a sentence

Definition in Japanese

一つのまとまりとして意味を表すために組み立てた言葉の連なり。hito tsu no ma to ma ri to shi te i mi o arawa su ta me ni ku mi ta te ta koto ba no tsura na ri

Word origin

As a Sino-Japanese noun, 文 (bun, "writing") comes from the Chinese character 文, whose early sense was a pattern or written design, and later came to mean a written sentence.

Usage tips

  • In Japanese grammar, 文 (bun) is a larger unit than a word or phrase, so one 文 can contain several smaller grammatical parts.

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