洋よう文ぶん

noun

Western writing; Western text

Refers to text written in a Western language, or a sentence/word from a Western language. Often used in contrast to Japanese or Chinese writing.

• 彼かれは洋よう文ぶんの手て紙がみを受うけ取とった。

  He received a letter written in a Western language.

noun

calque; loan translation

A word or expression formed by translating the components of a Western word into Japanese, such as 鉄道 for 'railway'. This sense is more technical and less common than sense 1.

• 「洋よう文ぶん」という語ご自じ体たいが、西せい洋ようの言こと葉ばを翻ほん訳やくして作つくられた語ごを指さすこともある。

  The word 洋文 itself can sometimes refer to a word created by translating a Western term.