文
ぶん
sentence; writing, text
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Examples
次の文を読んでください。
つぎのぶんをよんでください。
Please read the next sentence.
この文は少し長すぎると思います。
このぶんはすこしながすぎるとおもいます。
I think this sentence is a little too long.
短い文で書くと、意味が伝わりやすい。
みじかいぶんでかくと、いみがつたわりやすい。
If you write in short sentences, your meaning gets across more easily.
Common patterns
- 文を作る
- to make a sentence
- 文の意味
- the meaning of a sentence
- 次の文
- the following sentence
Memory tip
ぶん is one single sentence; a whole piece of writing is 文章 (ぶんしょう). In compounds the same kanji carries 'letters, culture': 文学, 文化.
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