作文

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Chinese

to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do
to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
 
language; culture; writing
language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
 
simp. and trad.
(作文) 		作 文

Pronunciation

Noun

作文

  1. essay; composition

Synonyms

Verb

作⫽文 (verb-object)

  1. (intransitive) to write an essay or composition

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (作文):
  • → Japanese: 作文(さくぶん) (sakubun)
  • → Korean: 작문(作文) (jangmun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
作 文
さく
Grade: 2 		ぶん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

作(さく)文(ぶん) • (sakubun) 

  1. writing, essay, composition
    作文(さくぶん)を書(か)く
    sakubun o kaku
    to write an essay
    作文(さくぶん)の題(だい)
    sakubun no dai
    the subject of a composition

Derived terms

Verb

作(さく)文(ぶん)する • (sakubun suru) suru (stem 作(さく)文(ぶん)し (sakubun shi), past 作(さく)文(ぶん)した (sakubun shita))

  1. to write a composition

Conjugation

Conjugation of "作文する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 作文し さくぶんし sakubun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 作文し さくぶんし sakubun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 作文する さくぶんする sakubun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 作文する さくぶんする sakubun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 作文すれ さくぶんすれ sakubun sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 作文せよ¹
作文しろ² 		さくぶんせよ¹
さくぶんしろ² 		sakubun seyo¹
sakubun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 作文される さくぶんされる sakubun sareru
Causative 作文させる
作文さす 		さくぶんさせる
さくぶんさす 		sakubun saseru
sakubun sasu
Potential 作文できる さくぶんできる sakubun dekiru
Volitional 作文しよう さくぶんしよう sakubun shiyō
Negative 作文しない さくぶんしない sakubun shinai
Negative continuative 作文せず さくぶんせず sakubun sezu
Formal 作文します さくぶんします sakubun shimasu
Perfective 作文した さくぶんした sakubun shita
Conjunctive 作文して さくぶんして sakubun shite
Hypothetical conditional 作文すれば さくぶんすれば sakubun sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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