原文

• 読み: げんぶん
• ローマ字: genbun
• 漢字の分解: 原 (gen) — original; 文 (bun) — text, writing
• 発音: /ɡen.bɯn/

意味

Original text; source text. The text in its original language or unaltered form, before translation or editing.

A noun used to distinguish the unmodified source from any translation or edited version. While 原典 tends to emphasise the authoritative status of a canonical work, 原文 is more broadly used in everyday academic and literary contexts — for instance, comparing a translated novel against its 原文. Checking the 原文 is standard practice in translation quality assessment.

例文

1. 翻訳の正確さを確かめるために、原文と丁寧に照らし合わせた。
2. 原文のニュアンスをすべて他言語に移すことはほぼ不可能に近い。
3. 彼女はシェイクスピアの原文をよどみなく読めるほど英語が堪能だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: translation, academia, literary studies, language learning

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 原 (gen, original) and 文 (bun, text/writing). A straightforward compound emphasising that the 文 being referred to is the 原 (original), as opposed to a derived or translated form.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated