Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 短文(たんぶん) in Japanese

短文
Kana Reading
たんぶん
Romaji
tanbun
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    short sentence
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)


Kanji in this word

JLPT 4

12 strokes

short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point

On'Yomi: タン

Kun'Yomi: みじか.い

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JLPT 4

4 strokes

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

On'Yomi: ブン, モン

Kun'Yomi: ふみ, あや

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