Meaning of 文通(ぶんつう) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 文通

Kana Reading ぶんつう

Romaji buntsū

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

correspondence; exchange of letters

Example Sentences

文通, ぶんつう used in context

僕(しもべ)はしばしば彼女(かのじょ)と文通(ぶんつう)している(する)。

I frequently correspond with her.
米国(べいこく)のペンフレンドと文通(ぶんつう)し始めて(しはじめる)１年(いちねん)になる。

I have been corresponding with a pen pal in the USA for a year.
彼女(かのじょ)はオーストラリア(おーすとらりあ)のペンパルと定期的に(ていきてき)文通(ぶんつう)している(する)。

She corresponds regularly with her pen pal in Australia.
彼ら(かれら)は互いに(たがいに)文通(ぶんつう)している(する)。

They communicate with each other by mail.
次郎はオーストラリア(おーすとらりあ)のペンパルと文通(ぶんつう)している(する)。

Jiro communicates with his pen pal in Australia.
私(わたし)は今でも(いまでも)旧友(きゅうゆう)の一人(ひとり)と時どき(ときどき)文通(ぶんつう)している(する)。

I still correspond with an old friend of mine from time to time.

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文 JLPT 4

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

On: ブン, モン

Kun: ふみ, あや

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通 JLPT 4

traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

On: ツウ, ツ

Kun: とお.る, とお.り, -とお.り, -どお.り, とお.す, とお.し, -どお.し, かよ.う

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