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JLPT N3 · Noun

文 (bun)

文 (ぶん, bun) is a Japanese noun meaning “sentence”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ぶん
Romaji
bun
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. sentence · noun
  2. composition; text; writings · noun
  3. the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature · noun
  4. statement · noun

Example sentences

私の後について各文を復唱しなさい。
Repeat each sentence after me.
Tatoeba #163673
文は武に勝る。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Tatoeba #83688

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 文

文
sentence, literature, styleブン・モン・ふみ・あや · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 文.

作文さくぶんwriting (an essay, prose, etc.)文章ぶんしょうwriting文法ぶんぽうgrammar文学ぶんがくliterature文化ぶんかculture文字もじletter (of an alphabet)文字もんじletter (of an alphabet)文句もんくcomplaint論文ろんぶんthesis注文ちゅうもんorder (for an item)文明ぶんめいcivilization英文えいぶんEnglish writing文芸ぶんげいliterature文献ぶんけんliterature

Source: JMdict entry 1505090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.