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example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence

variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

① 詩、小説、戯曲など、感情や思想を言葉であらわした芸術。② 1を研究する学問。③ 人文科学。④ 独特の言い回し。修辞法。

① 人間がその歴史において形成してきた慣習、営みの総称。カルチャー。場合により哲学・芸術・学問・信仰など人間の精神的営みと、その成果を指す。② 他の語彙の前に付いて、ハイカラ・便利・新式などの意を表す。 文明開化。

writing style

elegant (literary) style

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

① 詩文を作り歌を詠む風流の道。② 風流なこと。

department (faculty) of literature

literary and military arts; the pen and the sword

① 活版印刷で、原稿に従って必要な活字を選び集めること。また、それを職業とする人。

literary master

Russian text; text written in Russian; Russian literature; Russian literature faculty

① 都市を基盤にして、多様な職業に分化され、技術面が高度に発達した社会の形態。

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

literary

humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts

① もとの文章。

① 英語の文章。② 「英文学」の略。

① 訳した文章。

unwritten; illiterate; uneducated; poor writing

① 学問・芸術に関する事柄。

writing; composition; essay; sentence

① 武官以外の官吏の旧称で軍事以外の行政事務を取り扱う官吏

① 研究成果などをまとめた文章。論考。論攷。② ある事物について筋道を立てて意見を述べた文章。論説文。

document; writing; letter; papers; notes; records

content of a letter

① 詩文や書画など文芸をたしなむ人。② 文化人。文化に貢献のある人。文化活動で世の中に貢献する人。③ 軍人でない人。文民。シビリアン。

① （多くは契約書や宣言文、格言など、格式張った文章について）文章中の語句、言葉遣い。

① 文章を書くこと。また、その文章。② 国語教育の一環として、文章を書くこと。また、その文章。③ 形式は整っているが内容の乏しい文章。つじつま合わせのために虚偽を記した文章。またそのような文章を書くこと。

① 前後の文章における語の論理的な繋がり具合。② 物事の筋道。

① 石碑に彫られた文章。

① 文学作品の創作者② 文学を研究する科学者。

correspondence; exchange of letters

literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

anthology

① 物を書くのに必要な道具。

① 長い文章。

literary world; literary circles

① 文筆を職業とする人。

explanatory note

Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji

① 暗号を使った文。② 暗号化された文やデータ。

modern Japanese; current written style

written apology; written statement of regret

preface; foreword; introduction

whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

① 文房具。

written description of one's thoughts

① 法律などの箇条書きにした文章。

literary talent

message

fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate

① 文章の中。

descriptive (narrative) part

① 文治を主とする政治。② 文教に関する行政。

① 韻を踏んだ文。② 一定の韻律を持った文。

paperweight

① 短い文章。

Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku

① 大学教育における人文科学、社会科学分野。

Kanbun era (1661.4.25-1673.9.21)

threatening letter; intimidating letter

famous literary composition

same text; same wording; same script; same language

poetry and prose; literature; literary works

end of a sentence

① 学問・芸術・法律・宗教など文化に関するもの。

short essay; pamphlet; tract

Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)

the above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)

civil administration

written appeal; manifesto; declaration

introductory essay

meaning of a sentence

the text; the main clause; the main part of a document

① 疑問や反語の意を表す形の文。

proclamation; statement

official document; archives

humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture

humanities and sciences; social sciences and hard sciences; context; (line of) reasoning

written protest

Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)

① 日本語において、文を不自然にならない範囲で最小まで区切ったもので、文と単語の中間に位置する単位。1個の自立語及び、0ないし複数の付属語により構成され、助詞「ね」を付することにより認識される。「私は走った」という文を文節に分けると、「私は」、「走った」となる。

poor piece of writing; my poor writing

Minister of Education, Science and Culture

imperative sentence; imperative statement

civilian

① 主に文章、特に公的な文書を書くときに使用される用語。文法・言い回しが確定しており、堅苦しい・古めかしい印象を与える。② (現代日本語に対して) 古典日本語。

travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal

password; secret spell; secret phrase

greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation

① 通常通りに読む場合と、通常と反対方向に読む場合とで、読み方が一致する語または文。日本語の「新聞紙」「竹屋が焼けた」、英語の「my gym」の類。

① 文章の下書き。② 机。

legal provisions; verse

Japanese text; sentence in Japanese

Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.

① 美しい形容を用いて飾り立て、修辞上の技巧を凝らした文章。

judgment paper; judgement paper

quotation

text of the law

① 気楽に書き流した文章。

grammar

plain text; unciphered text

plain text; unciphered text

(enervating) attraction to books or learning

main text (as opposed to any included commentary or annotations); authentic text (e.g. of a treaty, as opposed to any translation not specified as authentic); Chinese classical literature

Japanese writing; Japanese text

education; culture

unification of the written and spoken forms of a language

English composition

inscription

writing in a European language; European text; Roman letters

start of a sentence, phrase, etc.

sample sentence

Genbun era (1736.4.28-1741.2.27)

explicit statement (e.g. law); express provision

literary theory

Tenbun era (1532.7.29-1555.10.23)

a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing

report to the throne

responsibility for wording of an article

① 何を言いたいのかよくわからない、下手な文章。稚拙な文章。

lost work; lost writings; partially lost work; literary fragment; work of a superior quality

compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; important cultural property; important cultural asset

red-tapism

civil and military officers

draft; draft proposal

writing composed entirely of kana; kana text

writing (style)

translation; piece of translated writing; translated sentence

① フランス語の文章。② 「仏文学」の略。

dead letter

Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era

blurb

art and literature

negative sentence

colloquial writing; text written in a spoken form of the language

declarative statement

word picture

simple sentence

afterword; epilogue; postscript

① 優れた文学者であるという評判。

this thesis; this article; the article under consideration

Chinese bronze inscriptions; type of lettering used on metal objects, especially in China during the Yin and Zhou dynasties

poor writing

cultural progress; advance of the arts

unpunctuated Chinese texts

Chinese language (written); Chinese literature

inscription; epitaph; composing the text for an inscription, usu. an epitaph

modern literature

classical style

written resolution

flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style

phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.

poor writing; bad writing; rambling prose

official terminology

doctor of literature

love-letter

the style is the man; the style is the man himself

figure of speech

Western word or sentence; word created by translating components of a Western word

epistolary style; style of written correspondence

dead letter; meaningless writing

written contribution; submission (to a newspaper, online forum, etc.)

mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese

skilled in writing

affirmative sentence

Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)

German literature; German sentence

text written in literary style

personal letter; epistolary style

descriptive composition

continued statement

annotation; explanatory note

conditional statement

(piece of) writing in colloquial style; vulgar writing

complex sentence; sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

end of a sentence; sentence final

Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text; Sanskrit scripture; scripture in Sanskrit characters

document name

narration; description

the foregoing; the forgoing

difficult sentence

civil official (esp. dealing with literary matters)

Bun'ō era (1260.4.13-1261.2.20)

epistolary style; epistolary phrase

assignment statement

statement label

input sentence; input statement

eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)

seal script character

Japanese literature; Japanese writing; Japanese text

business correspondence

redundancy

epigraph on a stone monument; ancient inscriptions on monuments

(Edo-period) humorous literature

① 文章の勢い。

① 文章や詩歌を作る時の題。

missing passage; lacuna

anthology; literary world; collection of literary masterpieces

abridged sentence

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

Master of Arts; MA

executable statement

inverted sentence

addendum (to a treaty or contract); annex; annexure; subordinate clause

Heian-period kana writing

oracle bone script

lettering of an engraving

mixed writing (kanji and kana)

sentence

missing part (of manuscript)

responsive readings

Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety

commercial correspondence

review sentences

parenthetic sentence

easily misunderstood sentence; garden-path sentence; (lit.) cul-de-sac sentence

empty statement

stone inscription; epigraphy

(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People

kanji "literature" radical (radical 67)

exclamatory sentence; exclamation

exclamatory sentence; exclamation

sentential negation; sentence negation; statement negation

① 文法的に成立しない文。

basic statement

public text

arithmetic statement

nonexecutable statement

entity text

procedure branching statement

replacement text

input-output statement

delimited scope statement

compound statement

statement keyword

statement label

statement function

text identifier

document architecture; document body

statement entity

assembler directive

compiler directive

translator directive

interpreter directive

compiler directing statement

imperative statement; unconditional statement

compound-complex sentence

ungrammatical sentence

passive sentence

passive sentence

normal style of writing; modern Japanese text; text written in literary style with mixed kanji and kana (until the Taisho era)

searching with natural language; natural sentence search

word form used in literary language

the pen is mightier than the sword

funeral eulogy; memorial address

kanbun converted into literary Japanese

kanbun converted into literary Japanese