駄文

Reading

Kana: だぶん

Romaji: dabun

Definitions

noun

1

poor piece of writing

2

my poor writing

Note: humble (kenjougo) language

Kanji

駄

Readings: ダ、 タ

Meanings: burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

Example Sentences

私(わたし)の駄文(だぶん)を見(み)ていただきありがとうございます。

➥Thank you for looking at my poor scribblings.

Ｋさんの内緒(ないしょ)にしていただくとの約束(やくそく)のもとに前回(ぜんかい)「左右(さゆう)」後日談(ごじつだん)なる駄文(だぶん)をお送(おく)りしましたが、今回(こんかい)はその後(ご)日談(にちだん)です。

➥Last time I sent out my humble work, the afterword to "left-right", written on the promise that you'd keep it secret from him, this time it's the afterword to that afterword.