Japanese

ぶんしょう
Meaning: writing, composition, sentence
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

文
章

Example sentences

He summarized his thoughts into writing.
文章の間に適切なイラストを挿入した。
I inserted appropriate illustrations between the sentences.
旅の思い出を美しい文章で綴る。
Write down travel memories in beautiful prose.
彼の文章には、温かい人柄が滲み出ている。
His warm personality shines through in his writing.
彼の文章は少し粗いところがある。
His writing is a bit rough.
彼の初期の作品は、アイデアは良いが、文章が稚拙で読みにくかった
His early work had good ideas, but the writing was unskillful and hard to read.
この文章は話のまとまりがない。
This writing lacks coherence.
日本の文章は、漢字と仮名を混ぜて書くのが一般的だ。
Japanese sentences are generally written by mixing kanji and kana.
彼は格調の高い文章を書く。
He writes with a very dignified and elegant style.
この文章を五分間黙読してください。
Please read this text silently for five minutes.

Usage Notes

Refers to a body of text or a specific sentence/passage.

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