日本文学
Reading
Kana:
にほんぶんがく
Romaji:
nihonbungaku
Definition
Kanji
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Example Sentences
➥The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.
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➥Japanese literature, in spite of its beauty and riches, is as yet inadequately known in the West.
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➥At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.
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