短文 (たんぶん)short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)

short sentencenoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

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Kanji in 短文

短期たんきshort-term
短大たんだいjunior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
短歌たんかtanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
短縮たんしゅくshortening; contraction
長短ちょうたん(relative) length
短期間たんきかんshort term; short time
短時間たんじかんshort time
短編たんぺんshort (e.g. story, film)
文化ぶんかculture; civilization
文学ぶんがくliterature
文書ぶんしょdocument; writing
文字もじletter (of alphabet); character
文部省もんぶしょうMinistry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
注文ちゅうもんorder (for an item)
論文ろんぶんthesis; essay
文庫ぶんこlibrary; book collection

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