文
Meanings
Refers to a grammatical sentence or written line of expression. Common in language learning, editing, and school contexts.
This sentence is a little too long.
Please make three Japanese sentences.
Refers to written expression as a piece of writing, prose, or someone's written style. 文章 is often a fuller, more explicit word for a written passage.
Her writing is short and easy to read.
I wrote a composition about my summer vacation memories.
Computing term for a program statement or command-like unit, as in if文, 代入文, or SQL文.
The condition in this if statement is wrong.
Please check the SQL statement before executing it.
Usage patterns
- 文を作るto construct/make a sentence
Please make a sentence using this word.
- if文を書くto write an if-statement (in programming)
I wrote an if-statement in the program to branch the condition.
- 文を書くto write a piece of writing/composition
He writes a short piece in his diary every day.
- 〈動詞〉文を実行するto execute a (program) statement
This program executes the assignment statement and then displays the result.
- 文で表すto express something in a sentence
Let's try to express that idea in a single sentence.