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    異文

    異い文ぶん

    variant (in a manuscript or book)

    KMT7News #16+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab15 strokes

    いぶん

    Noun

    1.
    variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions

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    その古ふるい本ほんには異い文ぶんが見みつかった。

    A variant text was found in that old book.

    KMT5Literature
    研けん究きゅう者しゃは、写しゃ本ほん間かんの異い文ぶんを比ひ較かく検けん討とうしている。

    Researchers are comparing and examining variant texts between manuscripts.

    KMT7LiteratureEducation
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくの校こう訂てい作さ業ぎょうでは、異い文ぶんの有う無むが重じゅう要ような問もん題だいとなる。

    In the textual criticism of classical literature, the presence or absence of variant texts becomes an important issue.

    KMT7LiteratureEducation
    彼かれは、その物ものが語たりの異ことなる版はんに存そん在ざつする異い文ぶんを丹たん念ねんに調しらべた。

    He meticulously examined the variant texts existing in different editions of the story.

    KMT7Literature
    この詩しの複ふく数すうの異い文ぶんは、作さく者しゃの創そう作さく過か程ていを理り解かいする上うえで貴き重ちょうな手てがかりとなる。

    Multiple variant texts of this poem provide valuable clues for understanding the author's creative process.

    KMT8LiteratureEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    異
    こと・こと.なる・け…(1)
    uncommon・different・queerness・strangeness・wonderful…(2)
    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
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