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    3. 短文

    短文

    短たん文ぶん

    short sentence

    KMT10News #40+1LiteratureKanji Vocab16 strokes

    たんぶん

    Noun

    1.
    short sentence

    Noun, Particle

    2.
    short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは短たん文ぶんでメッセージを送おくった。

    He sent a message in a short sentence.

    KMT5Daily Life
    この詩しは短たん文ぶんながら深ふかい意い味みを持もつ。

    Although this poem is a short piece of writing, it holds deep meaning.

    KMT10Literature
    現げん代だいのSNSでは、短 文 で効はたんぶ果んでこ的うかてきに情じょう報ほうを伝つたえる能のう力りょくが求もとめられる。

    In modern SNS, the ability to effectively convey information in short sentences is required.

    KMT10TechnologyInternet & Social Media
    短たん文ぶん小しょう説せつは、限かぎられた言こと葉ばで物ものが語たりを語かたる芸げい術じゅつだ。

    Short stories are an art form that tells a narrative with limited words.

    KMT10Literature
    俳はい句くは世せ界かいで最もっとも短みじかい詩しの形けい式しきの一ひとつで、まさに短たん文ぶんの極きわみと言いえる。

    Haiku is one of the shortest poetic forms in the world, truly the epitome of a short piece of writing.

    KMT10LiteratureCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    短
    みじか.い…(1)
    short・brevity・fault・defect・weak point
    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
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