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How to say "English sentence" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "English sentence" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "English sentence" is "Eibun", written in japanese as "英文".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The noun '英文 (えいぶん)' refers to an English sentence or text. It is used to describe written material that is in the English language. For example: Please translate this English sentence into Japanese - (この英文を日本語に翻訳してください).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 2 Kanji:

The kanji "英" means "England" and "Distinguished" and can be read as "Ei". And The kanji "文" means "Sentence" and can be read as "Bun", "Mon", and "Fumi".

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Eibun" mean in japanese?

"Eibun" means "English sentence" .

To learn more about the kanji in this word, checkout this pages:

What is the Kanji for England and distinguished?What is the Kanji for sentence?

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "English sentence" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "え" is read as "e". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "ぶ" is read as "bu". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "も" is read as "mo". The hiragana "ふ" is read as "fu". And The hiragana "み" is read as "mi".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.