Illustration: At a classroom desk, a pupil works on a personal composition using a pencil and square-grid manuscript paper. The paper slopes away behind a raised desk edge, concealing the written surface while its unused grid margin remains visible.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

作さく文ぶん

sakubun

composition, essay

Example sentences

  1. 「友情ゆうじょう」という題だいで作文さくぶんを書かきなさい。

    Write an essay on "Friendship".

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  2. 君きみの作文さくぶんにはミスがない。

    There are no mistakes in your composition.

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  3. 作文さくぶんは書かき終おわりましたか？

    Have you finished writing your composition?

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Kanji in 作文

  • 作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり
  • 文sentence; literatureOnブン・モンKunふみ・あや

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