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構文

Reading

Kana: こうぶん
Romaji: koubun
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

syntax; sentence structure

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 かま.える、 かま.う
Meanings: posture, build, pretend
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

Example Sentences

(わたし)強調(きょうちょう)構文(こうぶん)なんて(ほとん)(わす)れていた。
➥I have pretty much forgotten the emphatic constructions.
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2つの構文(こうぶん)()意味(いみ)相違(そうい)はないように(おも)われる。
➥There does not seem to be any difference of meaning between the two constructions.
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(いま)基本的(きほんてき)分詞(ぶんし)構文(こうぶん)(おし)えているのですが、(みな)さんは以下(いか)分詞(ぶんし)構文(こうぶん)(わけ)については、どのように(こと)なる(やく)(かた)をされますか?
➥I'm teaching basic participial constructions now, but, with regard to those below, what different ways of translating them would everybody use?
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2つの構文(こうぶん)には意味(いみ)(ちが)いは(なに)()いようだ。
➥There doesn't seem any difference of meaning between the two constructions.
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この構文(こうぶん)口語(こうご)英語(えいご)ではまずめったに(しょう)じないだろう。
➥These structures would rarely, if ever, occur in spoken English.
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