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    3. 文士

    文士

    文ぶん士し

    man of letters

    KMT10News #39+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab7 strokes

    ぶんし

    Noun

    1.
    man of letters, literary man

    Stroke 0 / 7

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    彼かれは有ゆう名めいな文ぶん士しだ。

    He is a famous man of letters.

    KMT8Literature
    明めい治じ時じ代だいの文ぶん士したちは、日に本ほんの近きん代だい文ぶん学がくの基き礎そを築きづいた。

    The literary men of the Meiji era laid the foundation for modern Japanese literature.

    KMT10LiteratureHistory
    彼かれは単たんなる作さっ家かではなく、社しゃ会かいに影えい響きょうを与あたえる文ぶん士しとしての自じ覚かくを持もっていた。

    He was not merely a writer, but had a self-awareness as a man of letters who influenced society.

    KMT10LiteratureCore Concepts
    その文ぶん士しは、生しょう涯がいをかけて数かず々かずの傑けっ作さくを生うみ出だした。

    That man of letters created numerous masterpieces throughout his life.

    KMT10Literature
    文ぶん士したちの交こう流りゅうの場ばとして、当とう時じのカフェは重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

    Cafes of that era played an important role as places for literary men to interact.

    KMT10LiteratureCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
    士
    さむらい…(3)
    gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)
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