JLPT N1 · Noun

原文 (genbun)

原文 (げんぶん, genbun) is a Japanese noun meaning “original text”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: げんぶん
Romaji: genbun
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

original text · noun

Example sentences

あの翻訳は原文に忠実だそうだ。

That translation is said to be true to the original.

Tatoeba #230445

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

Kanji in 原文

meadow, original, primitiveゲン・はら · 10 strokes

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 原文.

原因げんいんcause原はらfield原稿げんこうmanuscript原産げんさんplace of origin原始げんしorigin原理げんりprinciple原料げんりょうraw materials原則げんそくprinciple原点げんてんstarting point原爆げんばくatomic bomb原油げんゆcrude oil高原こうげんtableland原形げんけいoriginal form原型げんけいmodel

Source: JMdict entry 1262340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.