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    本文

    本ほん文ぶん

    text (of a book, document, etc.)

    N1KMT4News #8+1CoreNounLiteratureKanji Vocab9 strokes

    ほんぶんほんもん

    Noun

    1.
    text (of a book, document, etc.), body (of a letter)
    2.
    this passage, this sentence

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    本ほん文ぶんを読よんでください。

    Please read the main text.

    KMT2Core Concepts
    この本ほんの本ほん文ぶんはとても面おも白しろい。

    The main text of this book is very interesting.

    KMT3Literature
    手て紙がみの本ほん文ぶんは短みじかくても、気き持もちは伝つたわる。

    Even if the body of the letter is short, the feelings will be conveyed.

    KMT4LiteratureDaily Life
    論ろん文ぶんの本ほん文ぶんには、詳しょう細さいなデータが記き載さいされている。

    Detailed data is described in the main body of the thesis.

    KMT5EducationScience & Math
    メール本ほん文ぶんに添てん付ぷファイルの内ない容ようを記き載さいしました。

    I described the contents of the attached file in the email body.

    KMT5TechnologyInternet & Social Media

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
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