A fundamental unit in Japanese grammar, typically consisting of a content word followed by particles or auxiliary verbs. Used in linguistic analysis and Japanese language education.
A Japanese sentence can be divided into several bunsetsu.
The sentence 'Watashi wa gakusei desu' consists of two bunsetsu: 'watashi wa' and 'gakusei desu'.
large paragraph; major paragraph
short phrase
number of phrases; phrase count
group paragraph conversion
Compound of 文 (sentence) and 節 (segment, clause). A modern linguistic term.