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    散文

    散さん文ぶん

    prose

    KMT10News #35+1Ref L2NounLiteratureKanji Vocab16 strokes

    さんぶん

    Noun

    1.
    prose

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは詩しよりも散さん文ぶんが好すきだ。

    He likes prose more than poetry.

    KMT8Literature
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには、詩しだけでなく優すぐれた散さん文ぶん作さく品ひんも多おおい。

    Classical literature contains not only poetry but also many excellent prose works.

    KMT9Literature
    散さん文ぶんの書かき方かたを学まなぶことは、表ひょう現げん力りょくを高たかめる上うえで重じゅう要ようだ。

    Learning how to write prose is important for improving one's expressive power.

    KMT9LiteratureEducation
    この小しょう説せつは美うつくしい散さん文ぶんで書かかれている。

    This novel is written in beautiful prose.

    KMT10Literature
    彼かれの散さん文ぶんは、詩し的てきな表ひょう現げんと論ろん理り的てきな思し考こうが融ゆう合ごうしている。

    His prose fuses poetic expression with logical thought.

    KMT10Literature

    Kanji that make up this word

    散
    ち.る・ち.らす・-ち.らす・ち.らかす・ち.らかる・ち.らばる…(4)
    scatter・disperse・spend・squander
    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
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