Meaning of 日本文学 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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日本文学
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Kana Readingにほんぶんがく
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Romajinihonbungaku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- Japanese literature
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Example Sentences
日本文学, にほんぶんがく used in context
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She has a bias toward Japanese literature.
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He's a student of Japanese literature.
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He gave a series of lectures on Japanese literature at UCLA.
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日本文学は、その美しさと豊かさにもかかわらず、西欧ではまだ不十分にしか知られていない。
Japanese literature, in spite of its beauty and riches, is as yet inadequately known in the West.
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日本語のむずかしさが、一握りの外国人を除いてすべての外国人が、原語で日本文学に近づくのを妨げている。
The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.
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私は学校で日本文学の英語訳、特に漱石の『吾輩は猫である』や『心』、芥川の『鼻』や『河童』を楽しく読んだ。
At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.
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Kanji found in this word
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
On: ブン, モン
Kun: ふみ, あや
4 strokes
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
On: ホン
Kun: もと
5 strokes
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