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作文
さくぶん
N5
noun
transitive 他動詞
intransitive 自動詞
Meanings
1
essay
2
composition
3
writing (an essay, prose, etc.)
4
formal writing with little real meaning
Example sentence
日本語で作文を書きました。
にほんごで さくぶんを かきました。
I wrote an essay in Japanese.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 作文 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
作
Make, Production, Prepare
7 strokes
文
Sentence, Literature, Style
4 strokes
More words with
作
凶作
きょうさく ·
bad harvest
N1
駄作
ださく ·
poor work
N1
豊作
ほうさく ·
abundant harvest
N1
発作
ほっさ ·
fit
N1
制作
せいさく ·
work (e.g., film, book)
Full entry on Jisho
N2
製作
せいさく ·
manufacture
N2
創作
そうさく ·
production
N2
耕作
こうさく ·
cultivation
N1
More words with
文
文書
ぶんしょ ·
document
N1
文化財
ぶんかざい ·
cultural assets
N1
文語
ぶんご ·
written language
N1
本文
ほんぶん ·
text (of document)
N1
英文
えいぶん ·
sentence in English
N2
文脈
ぶんみゃく ·
context
N2
文芸
ぶんげい ·
literature
N2
和文
わぶん ·
Japanese text
N1
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