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文面 (bunmen) Japanese meaning: contents of a document | Kotomora

文ぶん面めん

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Meanings

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contents of a document; text of a letter

Refers to the written content or wording of a document, especially a letter or formal communication.

手て紙がみの文ぶん面めんを何なん度ども読よみ返かえした。

I reread the contents of the letter many times.

契けい約やく書しょの文ぶん面めんを確かく認にんしてください。

Please check the wording of the contract.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉と文ぶん面めんに書かいてあるit is written in the text that ~
文ぶん面めんには来らい月げつ引ひっ越こすと書かいてあった。
The letter said that they were moving next month.
文ぶん面めんから〈事こと〉を読よみ取とるto infer something from the wording of a letter/document
文ぶん面めんから彼かれの焦あせりが読よみ取とれた。
I could sense his anxiety from the wording of the letter.
文ぶん面めんを見みる限かぎりjudging from the wording (of the letter/document)
文ぶん面めんを見みる限かぎり、彼かの女じょは怒おこっているようだ。
Judging from the wording, she seems angry.

Kanji

文sentence, literature, style
面mask, face, features

Related words

内ない容ようN3
内容 is a general word for the 'contents' of any document, book, or speech, while 文面 refers specifically to the written wording of a letter or document.
文ぶん章しょうN5
文章 refers to writing or composed sentences in general, whereas 文面 focuses on the message conveyed by a particular letter or document's text.
文もん言ごん
文言 highlights the exact phrasing or specific wording used, while 文面 refers more broadly to the overall content/text of a document.
書しょ面めん
文面 focuses narrowly on the wording of a letter's text, while 書面 can mean either the document itself or its content.

Don't confuse with

文ぶん脈みゃくN2
文脈 means the 'context' or flow of meaning in a text, while 文面 means the actual written wording of a document—learners often mix these up because both start with 文.
文もん言ごん
文面 refers to the overall content or tone conveyed by a letter or document, while 文言 refers to the exact wording or phrasing used.

Word family

超ちょう文ぶん面めん
hypertext

Etymology

Compound of 文 (ぶん, 'writing, text') and 面 (めん, 'surface, face'), literally 'the face of a text', referring to the visible written content of a document.