文ぶん彩さい

noun

literary embellishment; rhetorical flourish; figure of speech

Refers to ornate or artistic expression in writing, including the use of rhetorical devices and figurative language. A somewhat formal, literary term.

• 彼かれの文ぶん章しょうは文ぶん彩さいに富とんでいる。

  His writing is rich in literary embellishment.

• この詩しには巧たくみな文ぶん彩さいが用もちいられている。

  This poem employs skillful rhetorical flourishes.

noun

beautiful coloring; vivid description

A less common, somewhat archaic sense referring to visually beautiful or colorful expression, often in a literary context. May overlap with sense 1 in practice.

• その物もの語がたりは文ぶん彩さいあふれる風ふう景けい描びょう写しゃで知しられている。

  The tale is known for its vividly colored landscape descriptions.