Sentence - Bun

Japanese: 文 - ぶん

〘noun〙① Decoration to make one's appearance look beautiful. Pattern. Aya. *Shinsen Waka (930-934), preface: "A compilation of poems from ancient times that suppress the virtues of the ancients. The meaning is simple and the writing is of high quality." [Book of Rites - Music Records] ② Writing. Also, poetry and prose. By extension, a book that collects these. *Kojiki (712), preface: "In laying out the writing and composing poems." ③ Literature. Learning. The arts and sciences. Also, the act of striving to improve these. *Hogen (around 1220), vol. 1: "He was surpassed in rank by the four princes, who were neither literary nor martial artists." [Book of Documents - Yu Mo] ④ Something elegant. Something showy. Literary elegance. ※Eight Treatises on National Songs (1742), "Therefore, it is more literary than the poems in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki, and more qualitative than the poems in the Kokinshu." [Analects of Confucius - Yongya] ⑤ Aphorism. Idiom. Also, source. ※From the Hogen period (around 1220): "There is a passage that says that in emergency situations, the ruler should be the sole authority." ⑥ To have a tattoo. To decorate with tattoos. ※Zoka Myoyo Kidan (1879-80), Miyazaki Ryujo, two volumes: "Naka Yong cuts his hair and makes himself literate ." ⑦ Abbreviation of "Bunkan (civil official)." ※Ryo Gikai (718), official: "Five guards. Corps and _{various belts} are soldiers. _{For military purposes} . For the rest, _{they are literary} ." ⑧ One of the grammatical units of language. An element of writing or conversation. A single word or phrase, or a series of words or phrases, which completes a thought from the speaker's perspective, such as a description, judgment, question, lament, or command. There are various definitions. In Western grammar, the condition for a sentence to be complete is that it must have a subject and a predicate, but this is not necessarily the case in Japanese grammar.

Mon [Text]

〘Noun〙① A passage or spell from a Buddhist sutra. ※From the Sanbo-e Book of Kanchi-in (984): "The wise and virtuous monks were astonished and suspicious, and each one of them brought out a passage and questioned it." ※Taiheiki (late 14th century), 24: "He turned his eyes to the void and slept, and cursed the passage with his mouth." ② An authoritative sentence or phrase that can be used as a basis, other than a sutra. Also, a character or phrase. ※From the Sanbo-e Book of Kanchi-in (984), lower: "There are many strange and wonderful things among them, but as they are not limited to the passage, I will not write them down." ③ A unit of measure for the number of coins. It later became a unit of currency. It originated in China and was brought to Japan as it was, and was abolished in 1871 ( Meiji 4 ) by the New Currency Ordinance. It was named after the fact that one Kaiyuan Tongbao coin from the Tang Dynasty originally weighed one momme . It is equivalent to one thousandth of a kan. ※Shosoin documents - Jinki 3 (762) Yamashiro Province Atago County Unjo Village Account Book "36 mon of imported coins" ※Ukiyo-zoshi Nihon Eitaigura (1688) 2 "One is set at 2 mon, two at 3 mon, in straight rows" 4 (Based on counting 1-mon coins lined up) A unit for measuring the length of tabi soles. One mon is about 2.4 centimeters. It is also used for shoes and socks. ※Ukiyo-zoshi Koshoku Nidai Otoko (1684) 7 "The feet of a beautiful woman are set at 8 mon 7 bu"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 外見を美しく見せるためのかざり。もよう。あや。※新撰和歌（930‐934）序「抑夫上代之篇。義尤幽而文猶質」〔礼記‐楽記〕② 文章。また、詩文。転じて、それらを集めた書物。※古事記（712）序「文(ぶん)を敷き句を構ふるに」③ 文学。学問。学芸。また、これらを励み修めること。※保元（1220頃か）上「文にも非ず、武にもあらぬ四宮に、位を越られて」〔書経‐大禹謨〕④ みやびやかなこと。はでなこと。文雅。※国歌八論（1742）歌源「故に古事記・日本紀の歌よりは文にして、古今集の歌よりは質なり」〔論語‐雍也〕⑤ 格言。成語。また、典拠。※保元（1220頃か）中「非常の断は、人主専らにせよと云ふ文有り」⑥ いれずみをすること。いれずみで飾ること。※造化妙々奇談（1879‐80）〈宮崎柳条〉二編「仲雍髪を断(きっ)て身を文(ブン)にす」⑦ 「ぶんかん（文官）」の略。※令義解（718）公式「五衛府。軍団及諸帯_レ仗者。為_レ武。自余並為_レ文」⑧ 文法上の言語単位の一つ。文章・談話の要素。単語または文節の一個または連続で、叙述・判断・疑問・詠歎・命令など話し手の立場からの思想の一つの完結をなすもの。定義には諸説ある。西洋文法では、主語・述語を具えることが文成立の条件とされることがあるが、日本文法では必ずしもそれによりがたい。文章。センテンス。〔広日本文典（1897）〕

もん【文】

〘名〙① 仏教の経文の一節や呪文のこと。※観智院本三宝絵（984）中「諸の智徳名僧おどろきあやしみて、各文を出て問心みるに」※太平記（１４Ｃ後）二四「虚空に向ひ目を眠り、口に文(モン)を呪したるに」② 経文以外で、よりどころとなるような、権威ある文章・文句。また、文字、文句。※観智院本三宝絵（984）下「其間にあやしく妙なる事多かれども、文におほかれば、しるさず」③ 銭貨の個数単位。のちに貨幣単位にもなった。中国に始まり日本にそのまま伝えられ、明治四年（一八七一）新貨条例により廃止された。もともと、唐の開元通宝一枚の重さが、一匁(もんめ)あったところからいう。一貫の千分の一に当たる。※正倉院文書‐神亀三年（762）山背国愛宕郡雲上里計帳「輸調銭参拾陸文」※浮世草子・日本永代蔵（1688）二「一つは弐文、二つは三文に直段を定め」④ (一文銭を並べて数えたところから) 足袋の底の長さをはかる単位。一文は約二・四センチメートル。靴や靴下などにも通じて用いる。※浮世草子・好色二代男（1684）七「美人両足は、八文(やモン)七分に定まれり」

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