Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 散文(さんぶん) in Japanese

散文
Kana Reading
さんぶん
Romaji
sanbun
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    prose
    Example sentence
    詩人ではない散文作家である He isn't a poet; he's a prose writer.

Examples of 散文, さんぶん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

12 strokes

scatter, disperse, spend, squander

On'Yomi: サン

Kun'Yomi: ち.る, ち.らす, -ち.らす, ち.らかす, ち.らかる, ばら

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JLPT 4

4 strokes

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

On'Yomi: ブン, モン

Kun'Yomi: ふみ, あや

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