変へん体たい漢かん文ぶん

noun

Japanized classical Chinese; hentai kanbun

A style of writing used from the Heian period onward that adapts classical Chinese to Japanese grammar and vocabulary. Primarily a technical term in Japanese linguistics and literary history.

• 変へん体たい漢かん文ぶんは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの公こう文ぶん書しょや日にっ記きによく使つかわれた。

  Hentai kanbun was often used in official documents and diaries of the Heian period.

• この古こ文ぶん書しょは変へん体たい漢かん文ぶんで書かかれているため、現げん代だい人じんには読よみにくい。

  This ancient document is written in hentai kanbun, so it is difficult for modern people to read.