"文化" meaning in Japanese

See 文化 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [bɯ̟̃ᵝŋka̠] Forms: 文化 [canonical] (ruby: (ぶん), ()), Bunka [romanization]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文化 (mjun xwæH, “the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music”), repurposed during the Meiji period as a translation of German Kultur. Cited with the culture sense starting from roughly 1870. Etymology templates: {{lbor|ja|ltc|文化||the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music|sort=ふんか'|tr=mjun xwæH}} Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文化 (mjun xwæH, “the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music”), {{noncog|de|Kultur}} German Kultur, {{m|en|culture}} culture Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper noun|ぶんか}} 文(ぶん)化(か) • (Bunka)
  1. The Bunka era, 1804-1818 Categories (topical): Historical periods, Sociology Related terms: 享和 (Kyōwa) (ruby: 享和(きょうわ)) (english: era preceding Bunka), 文政 (Bunsei) (ruby: 文政(ぶんせい)) (english: era following Bunka)
    Sense id: en-文化-ja-name-526h8WR3 Disambiguation of Historical periods: 100 0 Disambiguation of Sociology: 46 54 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Middle Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 100 0 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 70 30

Noun

IPA: [bɯ̟̃ᵝŋka̠] Forms: 文化 [canonical] (ruby: (ぶん), ()), bunka [romanization], bunkwa [romanization], ぶんくわ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文化 (mjun xwæH, “the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music”), repurposed during the Meiji period as a translation of German Kultur. Cited with the culture sense starting from roughly 1870. Etymology templates: {{lbor|ja|ltc|文化||the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music|sort=ふんか'|tr=mjun xwæH}} Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文化 (mjun xwæH, “the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music”), {{noncog|de|Kultur}} German Kultur, {{m|en|culture}} culture Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぶんか|hhira=ぶんくわ}} 文(ぶん)化(か) • (bunka) ^(←ぶんくわ (bunkwa)?)
  1. culture Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-文化-ja-noun-8ZR~ef37 Disambiguation of Sociology: 46 54 Derived forms: 文化遺産 (bunka isan) (ruby: 文化遺産(ぶんかいさん)) (english: cultural heritage), 文化映画 (bunka eiga) (ruby: 文化映画(ぶんかえいが)) (english: cultural film), 文化圏 (bunkaken) (ruby: 文化圏(ぶんかけん)) (english: cultural sphere), 文化圏固有動作 (bunkaken koyū dōsa) (ruby: 文化圏固有動作(ぶんかけんこゆうどうさ)) (english: (computing) locale-specific behavior), 文化観光省 (bunka-kankōshō) (ruby: 文化観光省(ぶんかかんこうしょう)) (english: Minister for Culture and Tourism), 文化勲章 (bunka kunshō) (ruby: 文化勲章(ぶんかくんしょう)) (english: Order of Culture), 文化交流 (bunka kōryū) (ruby: 文化交流(ぶんかこうりゅう)) (english: cultural exchange), 文化功労者 (bunkakōrōsha) (ruby: 文化功労者(ぶんかこうろうしゃ)) (english: person who has made outstanding cultural contributions), 文化国家 (bunka kokka) (ruby: 文化国家(ぶんかこっか)) (english: country with a high level of culture), 文化祭 (bunkasai) (ruby: 文化祭(ぶんかさい)) (english: culture festival), 文化財 (bunkazai) (ruby: 文化財(ぶんかざい)) (english: cultural asset), 文化財保護法 (bunkazai-hogohō) (ruby: 文化財保護法(ぶんかざいほごほう)) (english: Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties), 文化史 (bunkashi) (ruby: 文化史(ぶんかし)) (english: cultural history), 文化施設 (bunka shisetsu) (ruby: 文化施設(ぶんかしせつ)) (english: cultural facility), 文化省 (bunkashō) (ruby: 文化省(ぶんかしょう)) (english: Ministry of Culture), 文化心理学 (bunkashinrigaku) (ruby: 文化心理学(ぶんかしんりがく)) (english: cultural psychology), 文化事業部 (bunkajigyōbu) (ruby: 文化事業部(ぶんかじぎょうぶ)) (english: Cultural Affairs Department), 文化人 (bunkajin) (ruby: 文化人(ぶんかじん)) (english: person of culture), 文化人類学 (bunkajinruigaku) (ruby: 文化人類学(ぶんかじんるいがく)) (english: cultural anthropology), 文化大革命 (bunkadaikakumei) (ruby: 文化大革命(ぶんかだいかくめい)) (english: Cultural Revolution), 文化地理学 (bunkachirigaku) (ruby: 文化地理学(ぶんかちりがく)) (english: cultural geography), 文化的 (bunkateki) (ruby: 文化的(ぶんかてき)) (english: cultural), 文化庁 (bunkachō) (ruby: 文化庁(ぶんかちょう)) (english: Agency for Cultural Affairs), 文化の日 (bunka no hi) (ruby: 文化(ぶんか), ()) (english: Culture Day Holiday), イスラム文化 (isuramu bunka) (ruby: 文化(ぶんか)) (english: Islamic culture), 異文化 (ibunka) (ruby: 異文化(いぶんか)) (english: foreign culture), 映像文化 (eizōbunka) (ruby: 映像文化(えいぞうぶんか)) (english: visual culture), 漢字文化 (kanjibunka) (ruby: 漢字文化(かんじぶんか)) (english: kanji culture), 漢字文化圏 (kanjibunkaken) (ruby: 漢字文化圏(かんじぶんかけん)) (english: countries which use Chinese characters), 芸術文化の破壊 (geijitsubunka no hakai) (ruby: 芸術文化(げいじつぶんか), 破壊(はかい)) (english: vandalism), 重要文化財 (jūyōbunkazai) (ruby: 重要文化財(じゅうようぶんかざい)) (english: important cultural property), 重要無形文化財 (jūyōmukeibunkazai) (ruby: 重要無形文化財(じゅうようむけいぶんかざい)) (english: important intangible cultural asset), 食文化 (shokubunka) (ruby: 食文化(しょくぶんか)) (english: food culture), 消費者文化 (shōhisha bunka) (ruby: 消費者文化(しょうひしゃぶんか)) (english: consumer culture), 大衆文化 (taishū bunka) (ruby: 大衆文化(たいしゅうぶんか)) (english: mass culture, pop culture), 多元文化論 (tagen bunkaron) (ruby: 多元文化論(たげんぶんかろん)) (english: multiculturalism), 多文化主義 (tabunkashugi) (ruby: 多文化主義(たぶんかしゅぎ)) (english: multiculturalism), 伝統文化 (dentōbunka) (ruby: 伝統文化(でんとうぶんか)) (english: traditional culture), 比較文化 (hikakubunka) (ruby: 比較文化(ひかくぶんか)) (english: comparative culture), 無形文化財 (mukeibunkazai) (ruby: 無形文化財(むけいぶんかざい)) (english: intangible cultural asset), 明文化 (meibunka) (ruby: 明文化(めいぶんか)) (english: stipulate), 有形文化財 (yūkeibunkazai) (ruby: 有形文化財(ゆうけいぶんかざい)) (english: tangible cultural properties)

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        {
          "english": "countries which use Chinese characters",
          "roman": "kanjibunkaken",
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              "漢字文化圏",
              "かんじぶんかけん"
            ]
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          "english": "vandalism",
          "roman": "geijitsubunka no hakai",
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        {
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          "roman": "jūyōbunkazai",
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        },
        {
          "english": "important intangible cultural asset",
          "roman": "jūyōmukeibunkazai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "重要無形文化財",
              "じゅうようむけいぶんかざい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "重要無形文化財"
        },
        {
          "english": "food culture",
          "roman": "shokubunka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "食文化",
              "しょくぶんか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "食文化"
        },
        {
          "english": "consumer culture",
          "roman": "shōhisha bunka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "消費者文化",
              "しょうひしゃぶんか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "消費者文化"
        },
        {
          "english": "mass culture, pop culture",
          "roman": "taishū bunka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大衆文化",
              "たいしゅうぶんか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "大衆文化"
        },
        {
          "english": "multiculturalism",
          "roman": "tagen bunkaron",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "多元文化論",
              "たげんぶんかろん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "多元文化論"
        },
        {
          "english": "multiculturalism",
          "roman": "tabunkashugi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "多文化主義",
              "たぶんかしゅぎ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "多文化主義"
        },
        {
          "english": "traditional culture",
          "roman": "dentōbunka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "伝統文化",
              "でんとうぶんか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "伝統文化"
        },
        {
          "english": "comparative culture",
          "roman": "hikakubunka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "比較文化",
              "ひかくぶんか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "比較文化"
        },
        {
          "english": "intangible cultural asset",
          "roman": "mukeibunkazai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "無形文化財",
              "むけいぶんかざい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "無形文化財"
        },
        {
          "english": "stipulate",
          "roman": "meibunka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "明文化",
              "めいぶんか"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "明文化"
        },
        {
          "english": "tangible cultural properties",
          "roman": "yūkeibunkazai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "有形文化財",
              "ゆうけいぶんかざい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "有形文化財"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The tradition of culture and the traits of the nation function to make the character of the national language.",
          "ref": "1928, 岸田國士, 「語られる言葉」の美",
          "roman": "Kore wa, kokugo no seikaku ni, bunka no dentō, kokuminsei no tokushitsu ga sayō suru kara de aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "国語",
              "こくご"
            ],
            [
              "性格",
              "せいかく"
            ],
            [
              "文化",
              "ぶんか"
            ],
            [
              "伝統",
              "でんとう"
            ],
            [
              "国民性",
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    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Middle Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with raw sortkeys",
    "ja:Historical periods",
    "ja:Sociology"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "文化",
        "4": "",
        "5": "the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music",
        "sort": "ふんか'",
        "tr": "mjun xwæH"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文化 (mjun xwæH, “the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music”)",
      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kultur"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kultur",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "culture"
      },
      "expansion": "culture",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Middle Chinese 文化 (mjun xwæH, “the way of educating by using morality, literature, rituals and music”), repurposed during the Meiji period as a translation of German Kultur.\nCited with the culture sense starting from roughly 1870.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "文化",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "文",
          "ぶん"
        ],
        [
          "化",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bunka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "ぶんか"
      },
      "expansion": "文(ぶん)化(か) • (Bunka)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "era preceding Bunka",
      "roman": "Kyōwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "享和",
          "きょうわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "享和"
    },
    {
      "english": "era following Bunka",
      "roman": "Bunsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "文政",
          "ぶんせい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "文政"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Bunka era, 1804-1818"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ぶんか"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɯ̟̃ᵝŋka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Bunka",
    "Meiji period",
    "ja:文化 (元号)"
  ],
  "word": "文化"
}

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