ぶん
Meanings
Noun
1. sentence
2. composition; text; writings
3. the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature
4. statement
Kanji used
written sentence
Pitch accent
Top 4900
Used in vocabulary (267 in total)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
civil official
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
content of a letter
person of letters; literary person
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
correspondence; exchange of letters
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
original text
literary world; literary circles
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
man of letters; literary man
department (faculty) of literature
cryptogram; cipher text
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
literary master
modern Japanese; current written style
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
written apology; written statement of regret
preface; foreword; introduction
example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
written description of one's thoughts
stationery
literary talent
text; provisions (act, treaty)
fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
descriptive (narrative) part
verse; poetry
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
paperweight
Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku
humanities; liberal arts; social science; literary course; department of literature
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
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
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; Bunji era (1185.8.14-1190.4.11)
official document; archives
meaning of a sentence
translated sentence; translated passage; translation; version; rendering
written appeal; manifesto; declaration
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
interrogative sentence
proclamation; statement
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
humanities and sciences; social sciences and hard sciences; context; (line of) reasoning
Japanese writing; Japanese text
written protest
explicit statement (e.g. law); express provision
Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)
phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
imperative sentence; imperative statement
unwritten; illiterate; uneducated; poor writing
travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal
password; secret spell; secret phrase
written language; literary language; classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation
draft (of a document)
legal provisions; verse
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
flowery prose
Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.
judgment paper; judgement paper
text of the law
literary miscellany
plain text; unciphered text
plain text; unciphered text
(enervating) attraction to books or learning
circular (document); circulating letter; palindrome
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
unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
English composition
inscription
writing in a European language; European text; Roman letters
education; culture
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
Genbun era (1736.4.28-1741.2.27)
variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
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
writing (style)
bad style; poor writing
compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; important cultural property; important cultural asset
civil and military officers
literary matters
elegant or refined style
French; French writing; French literature
writing style
translation; piece of translated writing; translated sentence
dead letter
Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era
type picking; anthology; selection of literary works
art and literature
declarative statement
colloquial writing; text written in a spoken form of the language
negative sentence
sample sentence
draft; draft proposal
literary fame
simple sentence
Western word or sentence; word created by translating components of a Western word
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
elegant (literary) style
afterword; epilogue; postscript
Chinese language (written); Chinese literature
unpunctuated Chinese texts
cultural progress; advance of the arts
poor writing
inscription; epitaph; composing the text for an inscription, usu. an epitaph
modern literature
written resolution
flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style
poor writing; bad writing; rambling prose
phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.
classical style
official terminology
the style is the man; the style is the man himself
doctor of literature
love-letter
dead letter; meaningless writing
written contribution; submission (to a newspaper, online forum, etc.)
epistolary style; style of written correspondence
skilled in writing
Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)
affirmative sentence
writing composed entirely of kana; kana text; letter composed entirely of kana
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
descriptive composition
personal letter; epistolary style
continued statement
text written in literary style
annotation; explanatory note
German literature; German sentence
(piece of) writing in colloquial style; vulgar writing
transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese
conditional statement
end of a sentence; sentence final
complex sentence; sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text; Sanskrit scripture; scripture in Sanskrit characters
the foregoing; the forgoing
epistolary style; epistolary phrase
input sentence; input statement
Japanese literature; Japanese writing; Japanese text
narration; description
assignment statement
difficult sentence
civil official (esp. dealing with literary matters)
seal script character
Bun'ō era (1260.4.13-1261.2.20)
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)
executable statement
Heian-period kana writing
transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese
inverted sentence
business correspondence
epigraph on a stone monument; ancient inscriptions on monuments
force of a literary style
(Edo-period) humorous literature
abridged sentence
addendum (to a treaty or contract); annex; annexure; subordinate clause
anthology; literary world; collection of literary masterpieces
lost work; lost writings; partially lost work; literary fragment; work of a superior quality
figure of speech
annotation; explanatory note
Russian text; text written in Russian; Russian literature; Russian literature faculty
subject; theme
missing passage; lacuna
oracle bone script
procedure branching statement
exclamatory sentence; exclamation
basic statement
passive sentence
searching with natural language; natural sentence search
parenthetic sentence
document architecture; document body
compound statement
exclamatory sentence; exclamation
to construct a sentence
normal style of writing; modern Japanese text; text written in literary style with mixed kanji and kana (until the Taisho era)
imperative statement; unconditional statement
statement function
easily misunderstood sentence; garden-path sentence; (lit.) cul-de-sac sentence
the pen is mightier than the sword
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
delimited scope statement
statement keyword
statement label
sentential negation; sentence negation; statement negation
word form used in literary language
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety
replacement text
commercial correspondence
compiler directing statement
responsive readings
arithmetic statement
(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
stone inscription; epigraphy
compound-complex sentence
ungrammatical sentence
lettering of an engraving
ungrammatical sentence
missing part (of manuscript)
funeral eulogy; memorial address
kanji "literature" radical (radical 67)
kanbun converted into literary Japanese
kanbun converted into literary Japanese
Examples (55 in total)
I changed the sentence.
Is my sentence correct?
Should I change the sentence?