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文学 (ぶんがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

文ぶん学がく

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

Refers to written works valued for artistic merit, including novels, poetry, and drama. Also used in academic contexts for the study of literature.

彼かれは大だい学がくで日本にほん文ぶん学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
He is majoring in Japanese literature at university.
この小しょう説せつは現げん代だい文ぶん

学がく

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傑けっ

作さく

だ

。

This novel is a masterpiece of modern literature.

Written forms

文ぶん学がくUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and general use.
ブンガクUsage<1%

Kanji

文sentence, literature, style
学study, learning, science

Similar words

文ぶん芸げい
文芸 is a broader term for literary arts, often including criticism and creative writing as activities, while 文学 focuses more on the body of literary works and academic study.
文ぶん学がく者しゃ
文学者 refers to a person engaged in literature, such as a writer, scholar, or critic, whereas 文学 is the field or works themselves.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 文學 (bun-gaku), a compound of 文 (writing, letters) and 学 (learning, study). The term was adopted into Japanese with the meaning of literary studies and later broadened to refer to literature as an art form.