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How to say 'English writing' in Japanese | 英文

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The Japanese word for English writing is 'Eibun', written as 英文 in Japanese.'English writing' in hiragana is えいぶん.

    word

    英文

    Meaning

    English writing

    Reading

    えいぶん

    eibun

    Kanji

    英England, Distinguished 文Sentence

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '英文 (えいぶん)' refers to 'English writing' or 'text written in English'. It is commonly used to describe documents, articles, or any written material composed in the English language. For example: This is an English document「これは英文です」(これはえいぶんです). I read an English article「英文の記事を読みました」(えいぶんのきじをよみました). The term is often used in academic, professional, or formal contexts to specify that the content is in English.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N4

    Kanji Grade

    4

    Frequency

    2472

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 英文

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    英

    Meaning

    England, Distinguished

  • kanji

    文

    Meaning

    Sentence

Words Related to 英文 Through the Kanji 英

These 6 Words contain the Kanji 英 as well.

  • word

    英語

    Meaning

    English

  • word

    英和

    Meaning

    English Japanese

  • word

    英国

    Meaning

    Britain

  • word

    英

    Meaning

    England

  • word

    英雄

    Meaning

    Hero

  • word

    和英

    Meaning

    Japanese and English

Words Related to 英文 Through the Kanji 文

These 24 Words contain the Kanji 文 as well.

  • word

    文化

    Meaning

    Culture

  • word

    文字

    Meaning

    Character, Letter

  • word

    作文

    Meaning

    Composition

  • word

    文

    Meaning

    Sentence

  • word

    文学

    Meaning

    Literature

  • word

    文章

    Meaning

    Writing

  • word

    注文

    Meaning

    Order

  • word

    文房具

    Meaning

    Stationery

  • word

    文書

    Meaning

    Document

  • word

    例文

    Meaning

    Example

  • word

    文明

    Meaning

    Civilization

  • word

    論文

    Meaning

    Paper, Thesis

  • word

    文句

    Meaning

    Phrase, Complaint

  • word

    人文科学

    Meaning

    Humanities

  • word

    文献

    Meaning

    Document

  • word

    文庫

    Meaning

    Library, Paperback

  • word

    文部

    Meaning

    Education

  • word

    文芸

    Meaning

    Literature

  • word

    本文

    Meaning

    Main text

  • word

    文学者

    Meaning

    Literary scholar

  • word

    文化的

    Meaning

    Cultural

  • word

    文法

    Meaning

    Grammar

  • word

    文化財

    Meaning

    Cultural asset

  • word

    文系

    Meaning

    Humanities

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