文豪

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★★ 3/5 formal ぶんごうbungou
読み ぶんごう
ローマ字 bungou
漢字の分解 文 (bun/fumi) — text, writing, literature; 豪 (gō) — powerful, eminent, outstanding
発音 /bɯŋ.ɡoː/

意味

Literary master; great writer; literary giant. An honorific title for a writer of exceptional historical and artistic stature.

Not merely a prolific or popular author, but one whose work has shaped the literary landscape and endured across generations. In Japanese literary culture, figures such as Natsume Sōseki, Mori Ōgai, and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke are canonical 文豪. The term carries reverence and is not applied to living writers lightly. It implies both artistic mastery and cultural-historical significance.

例文

  1. 夏目漱石や森鷗外は近代日本文学の文豪として今も広く読まれている。
  2. その作品は文豪と呼ぶにふさわしい深みと格調を兼ね備えていた。
  3. 若い頃から文豪を目指し、五十年の執筆活動の末にようやく認められた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary criticism, cultural history, education, biography

トーン: reverential

起源と歴史

Compound of 文 (bun, writing/literature) and 豪 (gō, powerful/eminent/outstanding). The character 豪 suggests a commanding, towering presence — one who stands above ordinary practitioners of the art.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated

関連フレーズ

仮名 Kana; the Japanese phonetic syllabary comprising hiragana and katakana, developed from simplified Chinese characters. 侘び寂び Wabi-sabi; a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, incompleteness, and transience. An appreciation for the humble, weathered, and irregular. 俳句 Haiku; a traditional Japanese poem of 17 syllables in three lines (5-7-5), typically evoking nature, a season, and a single vivid moment. 入門 Introduction; a primer or entry into a field of study. Also: the formal act of becoming a disciple under a master in a traditional art. 和歌 Waka; traditional Japanese poetry, particularly the tanka form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. The classical poetic tradition of Japan as distinguished from Chinese verse. 和紙 Washi; traditional handmade Japanese paper crafted from plant fibres such as kozo (mulberry). A material central to Japanese literary, artistic, and cultural heritage. 四字熟語 A four-character idiom; a compound of four kanji forming a fixed idiomatic expression, often of Chinese origin. Known in English as yojijukugo. 常用漢字 Jōyō kanji; the official list of commonly used Chinese characters in contemporary Japanese.
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