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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

文ぶん語ご

bungo

written language

Often contrasted with 口語, spoken language. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 特とくに、口語調こうごちょうの3番目ばんめのものと、文語ぶんご調ちょうの2番目ばんめのものが有名ゆうめいである。

    Particularly, the third one in the spoken version and the second one in the literary version are famous.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. ただし、『ドゥーフ・ハルマ』は文語ぶんごよりも口語こうごを重視じゅうしして記載きさいし、豊富ほうふな文例ぶんれいも収録しゅうろくされている。

    "Doeff Halma" placed more importance on spoken language than on literary language, and recorded a wide range of model sentences.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、ツルゲーネフなどロシア文学作品ぶんがくさくひんを翻訳ほんやくした文体ぶんたいも既存きそんの文語ぶんごからの離脱りだつの試こころみであった。

    The writing style adopted in translating Russian literary works such as Turgenev’s was also an attempt of breaking away from the previous style.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 文語

  • 文sentence; literatureOnブン・モンKunふみ・あや
  • 語word; speechOnゴKunかたる・かたらう

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