Illustration: At a low table beside an apartment window, a woman folds a reply into a fresh envelope while holding a received letter with its written face turned away. Beside her sits a tied bundle of previously opened envelopes bearing the same small pressed-flower decoration as the newest arrival.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

文ぶん通つう

buntsuu

to exchange letters

Refers to correspondence, traditionally by letter. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしには文通ぶんつうする友人ゆうじんがいる。

    I have a friend I correspond with.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしたちはお互たがいに文通ぶんつうしてきた。

    We have corresponded with each other.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしはアメリカの高校生こうこうせいと文通ぶんつうをしている。

    I am corresponding with an American high school student.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 文通

  • 文sentence; literatureOnブン・モンKunふみ・あや
  • 通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす

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