主しゅ文ぶん

noun

main clause; main body of a text

In grammar, the independent clause that can stand alone. In general writing, the principal part of a document or passage.

• この文ぶんの主しゅ文ぶんは「私わたしは学がっ校こうに行いく」です。

  The main clause of this sentence is 'I go to school'.

• レポートの主しゅ文ぶんを先さきに書かいてから、序じょ論ろんと結けつ論ろんを加くわえます。

  I write the main body of the report first, then add the introduction and conclusion.

noun

text of a judicial decision; operative part of a judgment

Legal term for the formal ruling or holding in a court decision.

• 判はん決けつの主しゅ文ぶんで、被ひ告こくの無む罪ざいが言いい渡わたされた。

  In the text of the judgment, the defendant was declared not guilty.