文ぶん章しょう語ご

noun

literary language; written language

Refers to words, expressions, or style characteristic of formal writing, as opposed to everyday spoken Japanese.

• 「したがって」は文ぶん章しょう語ごで、会かい話わでは「だから」のほうが自し然ぜんだ。

  "Shitagatte" is a written-language word; in conversation, "dakara" is more natural.