邦ほう字じ

noun

Japanese characters; kanji and kana

Refers to Japanese writing as a whole, often in contrast to foreign scripts. Common in contexts like 邦字新聞 (Japanese-language newspaper published overseas).

• 海かい外がいの邦ほう字じ新しん聞ぶんで日本にほんのニュースを読よむ。

  I read Japanese news in an overseas Japanese-language newspaper.

• この書しょ類るいには邦ほう字じと英えい字じが混こん在ざいしている。

  This document contains a mix of Japanese and English characters.