Illustration: In a municipal archive reading room, a researcher compares an old photograph of a neighborhood bridge with a clothbound volume and a stitched historical booklet. Both publications rest on supports with their page faces turned toward her.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

文ぶん献けん

bunken

written sources, references

Example sentences

専門せんもんの図書館としょかんが芸術げいじゅつに関かんする文献ぶんけんを収集しゅうしゅうしている。
Specialized libraries collect writings about art.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
星印ほししるしは重要じゅうような参照さんしょう文献ぶんけんを示しめす。
The asterisks mark important references.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
これ以外いがいにも文献ぶんけん上じょうの矛盾むじゅんが多おおい。
Other than the above, a lot of contradictions have been found in relevant literature.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 文献

文sentence; literatureOnブン・モンKunふみ・あや
献offering; counter for drinksOnケン・コンKunたてまつる

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