Sentence

Sentence in Japanese

In Japanese

文(ぶん)

bun

Definition

Definition in EnglishA group of written words that stands on its own and ends with a full stop or a question mark.

Definition in Japanese書かれた言葉のひとまとまりで、ふつう「。」で終わるもの。

Example sentences

主張(しゅちょう)は最初(さいしょ)の文(ぶん)にあります。
The claim is in the first sentence.
例(れい)は二番目(にばんめ)の文(ぶん)にあります。
The example is in the second sentence.
結論(けつろん)は最後(さいご)の文(ぶん)にあります。
The conclusion is in the last sentence.

Learn it in a lesson

Reading opinion texts in Japanese: the claim and what it assumes

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