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散文

Reading

Kana: さんぶん
Romaji: sanbun
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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prose

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: サン、 ち.る、 ち.らす、 -ち.らす、 ち.らかす、 ち.らかる、 ち.らばる、 ばら、 ばら.ける
Meanings: scatter, disperse, spend, squander
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

Example Sentences

この()散文(さんぶん)のように()める。
➥This poem reads like a piece of prose.
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その()韻文(いんぶん)散文(さんぶん)をまじえている。
➥That poem mixes prose with poetry.
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(かれ)詩人(しじん)ではない。散文(さんぶん)作家(さっか)である。
➥He isn't a poet; he's a prose writer.
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