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文型

Reading

Kana: ぶんけい
Romaji: bunkei
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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sentence pattern

(Linguistics terminology)

Kanji

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ケイ、 かた、 -がた
Meanings: mould, type, model

Example Sentence

これらの文型(ぶんけい)(ぶん)(つく)(かた)(しめ)している。
➥These patterns show you how to make sentences.
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