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Zach

駄文

Reading

Kana: だぶん
Romaji: dabun
Kana
Romaji

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.
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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.
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