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
department (faculty) of literature
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
type picking; anthology; selection of literary works
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
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; environment; circumstances
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
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)
literary world; literary circles
man of letters; literary man
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
modern Japanese; current written style
written apology; written statement of regret
preface; foreword; introduction
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
written description of one's thoughts
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
educational policies or administration; Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10)
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
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
(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.)
written appeal; manifesto; declaration
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
official document; archives
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
humanities and sciences; social sciences and hard sciences; context; (line of) reasoning
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
written language; literary language; classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
travel writing; travel piece; traveller's journal; traveler's journal
password; secret spell; secret phrase
greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation
circular (document); circulating letter; palindrome
Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.
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
unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
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. law); express provision
Tenbun era (1532.7.29-1555.10.23)
a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing
responsibility for wording of an article
lost work; lost writings; partially lost work; literary fragment; work of a superior quality
compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; important cultural property; important cultural asset
civil and military officers
writing composed entirely of kana; kana text
translation; piece of translated writing; translated sentence
French; French writing; French literature
Bunna era (of the Northern Court) (1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era
colloquial writing; text written in a spoken form of the language
afterword; epilogue; postscript
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
cultural progress; advance of the arts
unpunctuated Chinese texts
Chinese language (written); Chinese literature
inscription; epitaph; composing the text for an inscription, usu. an epitaph
flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style
phrases, etc. at the ends of letters, etc.
poor writing; bad writing; rambling prose
the style is the man; the style is the man himself
Western word or sentence; word created by translating components of a Western word
epistolary style; style of written correspondence
dead letter; meaningless writing
written contribution; submission (to a newspaper, online forum, etc.)
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)
German literature; German sentence
text written in literary style
personal letter; epistolary style
annotation; explanatory note
(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
Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text; Sanskrit scripture; scripture in Sanskrit characters
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
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)
Japanese literature; Japanese writing; Japanese text
epigraph on a stone monument; ancient inscriptions on monuments
(Edo-period) humorous literature
force of a literary style
anthology; literary world; collection of literary masterpieces
transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese
addendum (to a treaty or contract); annex; annexure; subordinate clause
Heian-period kana writing
lettering of an engraving
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
missing part (of manuscript)
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
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
the pen is mightier than the sword
funeral eulogy; memorial address
kanbun converted into literary Japanese
kanbun converted into literary Japanese