example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
faculty of letters; college of letters; school of humanities
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
type-picking; anthology; selection of literary works
great writer; literary master; distinguished author
Russian text; text written in Russian; Russian literature; Russian literature faculty
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
translated sentence; translated passage; translation; version; rendering
unwritten; illiterate; uneducated; poor writing
writing; composition; essay; sentence
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
document; writing; letter; papers; notes; records
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
person of letters; literary person
wording (esp. of written text)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
correspondence; exchange of letters
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
literary world; literary circles
man of letters; literary man
written apology; written statement of regret
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
contemporary writing; modern text; modern Japanese writing; modern Japanese (as a school subject); literature written since the Meiji period
narrative part (of a text); descriptive writing (excluding direct speech and quotations)
preface; foreword; introduction
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
written description of one's thoughts
text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions
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)
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
bunraku; Japanese puppet theatre (theater)
threatening letter; intimidating letter
humanities and social sciences; liberal arts; faculty of humanities; school of liberal arts
Kanbun era (1661.4.25-1673.9.21)
same text; same wording; same script; same language
famous literary composition
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
short essay; pamphlet; tract
introductory text; introductory essay
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.)
Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)
written appeal; manifesto; declaration
main clause; main part (of a piece of writing); text (of a judicial decision)
official document; archives
Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.
direct speech (in a text); spoken lines; written dialogue
humanities and sciences; reason; logic; line of thought (in a piece of writing); thread (of meaning)
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar
Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)
password; secret spell; secret phrase
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation
imperative sentence; imperative statement
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
circular (document); circulating letter; palindrome
written language; literary language; classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
judgment paper; judgement paper
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
writing in a European language; European text; Roman letters
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
Genbun era (1736.4.28-1741.2.27)
explicit statement (e.g. in law); express provision
Tenbun era (1532.7.29-1555.10.23)
letter of responsibility (for a crime)
a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing
lost work; lost writings; partially lost work; literary fragment; work of a superior quality
responsibility for wording of an article
compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; important cultural property; important cultural asset
amount of text; amount of writing
civil and military officers
French; French writing; French literature
translation; piece of translated writing; translated sentence
writing composed entirely of kana; kana text
Bunna era (of the Northern Court; 1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era
features of the Earth (rivers, mountains, etc.); topography
colloquial writing; text written in a spoken form of the language
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
afterword; epilogue; postscript
unswept hairdo originating in the mid-eighteenth century (now popular at traditional weddings)
cultural progress; advance of the arts
unpunctuated Chinese texts
Chinese language (written); Chinese literature
writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.); composition; epitaph; inscription
phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.
poor writing; bad writing; rambling prose
flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style
dead letter; meaningless writing
the style is the man; the style is the man himself
literary embellishment; figure of speech; rhetorical flourish; beautiful coloring
Western word or sentence; word created by translating components of a Western word
written contribution; submission (to a newspaper, online forum, etc.)
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
epistolary style; style of written correspondence
Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)
annotation; explanatory note
faculty of humanities and sciences; college of arts and sciences; school of arts and sciences
piece of writing with a missing part; missing part (sentence, passage, etc.); lacuna
German literature; German sentence
text written in literary style
personal letter; epistolary style
anthology; literary world; collection of literary masterpieces
conditional sentence; 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
spoken and written language
the foregoing; the forgoing
civil official (esp. dealing with literary matters)
Bun'ō era (1260.4.13-1261.2.20)
epistolary style; epistolary phrase
input sentence; input statement
Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text; Sanskrit scripture; scripture in Sanskrit characters
epigraph on a stone monument; ancient inscriptions on monuments
(Edo-period) humorous literature
force of a literary style
transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)
addendum (to a treaty or contract); annex; annexure; subordinate clause
Heian-period kana writing
Japanese literature; Japanese writing; Japanese text
lettering of an engraving
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety
commercial correspondence
easily misunderstood sentence; garden-path sentence; (lit.) cul-de-sac sentence
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
non-sentence; ungrammatical sentence
procedure branching statement
delimited scope statement
document architecture; document body
compiler directing statement
imperative statement; unconditional statement
compound-complex 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
funeral eulogy; memorial address
compound-complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
text of an (exam) question
elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words
Japanese Literature Association
Bunkyō Women's University
kanbun converted into literary Japanese
kanbun converted into literary Japanese