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読み下し文 (yomikudashibun) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

読よみ下くだし文ぶん

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Meanings

1

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

Refers to a Japanese reading or rendering of classical Chinese texts, often with annotations to aid Japanese readers.

漢かん文ぶんの授じゅ業ぎょうでは、読よみ下くだし文ぶんを作つくる練れん習しゅうを

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In classical Chinese class, we practiced making transcriptions into Japanese.

Kanji

読read
下below, down, descend
文sentence, literature, style

Related words

書かき下くだし文ぶん
書き下し文 is a written-out version of the Japanese reading, while 読み下し文 emphasizes the act of reading or the transcribed text itself.

Built from

読よみ下くだす+文ぶん

Etymology

Compound of 読み下し (yomikudashi, 'reading down') + 文 (bun, 'text'). The term describes the practice of converting classical Chinese into Japanese word order.