"文書" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [bɯ̟̃ᵝɰ̃ɕo̞] Forms: 文書 [canonical] (ruby: (ぶん), (しょ)), bunsho [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 文書 (*miən *shiu). Compare modern Chinese 文書/文书 (wénshū). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Now the most common reading for this term. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ふんしょ'}} Middle Chinese, {{m|ltc|文書|tr=*miən *shiu}} 文書 (*miən *shiu), {{cog|zh|文書|tr=wénshū}} Chinese 文書/文书 (wénshū) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぶんしょ}} 文(ぶん)書(しょ) • (bunsho)
  1. a document, a written record
    Sense id: en-文書-ja-noun-fD8yIFWJ Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Middle Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 77 23 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 63 9 21 8
  2. a letter, an epistle Synonyms (epistle): 手紙 [letter]
    Sense id: en-文書-ja-noun-ggWi98aB Disambiguation of 'epistle': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 文章 [writing, journalism, literature, communications, publishing, media]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [mõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞] Forms: 文書 [canonical] (ruby: (もん), (じょ)), monjo [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 文書 (*miən *shiu), with rendaku for the 書 character. The sho changes to jo as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare modern Chinese 文書/文书 (wénshū). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Less common reading in modern Japanese. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ふんしょ'}} Middle Chinese, {{m|ltc|文書|tr=*miən *shiu}} 文書 (*miən *shiu), {{l|ja|書}} 書, {{ja-l/helper|書||}} 書, {{ja-l|書}} 書, {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{rendaku2|sho|jo|sort=もんじょ}} The sho changes to jo as an instance of rendaku (連濁)., {{cog|zh|文書|tr=wénshū}} Chinese 文書/文书 (wénshū), {{cog|ja|-}} Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|もんじょ}} 文(もん)書(じょ) • (monjo)
  1. a document
    Sense id: en-文書-ja-noun-DR2lE4wD
  2. (in palaeography) a written text between two parties
    Sense id: en-文書-ja-noun-pzp2egDK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 古文書 (komonjo) (ruby: 古文書(こもんじょ)) (english: an ancient document)
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [mõ̞nd͡zo̞] Forms: 文書 [canonical] (ruby: (もん), ()), monzo [romanization]
Etymology: Archaic alteration of monjo above. Head templates: {{ja-noun|もんぞ}} 文(もん)書(ぞ) • (monzo)
  1. (archaic) a document Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-文書-ja-noun-DR2lE4wD1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  2. (archaic) (in palaeography) a written text between two parties Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-文書-ja-noun-z-BhJshX Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [ɸɯ̟ᵝmʲiɡa̠kʲi] Forms: 文書 [canonical] (ruby: (ふみ), (がき)), fumigaki [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 文 (fumi, “writing; a letter, an epistle”) + 書 (kaki, “writing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 書く kaku, “to write”). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|連用形||stem or continuative form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{l|ja|書く}} 書く, {{ja-l/helper|書く||}} 書く, {{ja-l|書く}} 書く, {{compound|ja|文|書|pos2=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 書く kaku, “to write”|sort=ふみがき|t1=writing; a letter, an epistle|t2=writing|tr1=fumi|tr2=kaki}} 文 (fumi, “writing; a letter, an epistle”) + 書 (kaki, “writing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 書く kaku, “to write”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{rendaku2|kaki|gaki|sort=ふみがき}} The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|ふみがき}} 文(ふみ)書(がき) • (fumigaki)
  1. (archaic) the act of writing of a letter or correspondence Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-文書-ja-noun-K-ozP92D Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  2. (archaic) the writing in a letter or correspondence, especially the style or appearance Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-文書-ja-noun-SCHgZy3e Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 2 8 2 18 15 11 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 2 7 3 23 13 13 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 9 5 10 6 13 14 11 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 2 7 3 23 14 15 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 12 5 12 4 15 12 10 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

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          "english": "The writing is old-fashioned, but...",
          "ref": "(text here)",
          "roman": "Kodai naru ōmu-fumigaki naredo",
          "text": "古代なる御文書きなれど\nこだいなるおおむふみがきなれど"
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          "style",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɸɯ̟ᵝmʲiɡa̠kʲi]"
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}

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      "args": {
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      "ipa": "[mõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]"
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      "ipa": "[mõ̞nd͡zo̞]"
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          "ref": "(text here)",
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      "ipa": "[ɸɯ̟ᵝmʲiɡa̠kʲi]"
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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