書き下し文

• 読み: かきくだしぶん
• ローマ字: kakikudashibun
• 漢字の分解: 書 (sho/ka) — write; 下 (ka/kuda) — bring down; 文 (bun/mon) — text, sentence
• 発音: /ka.ki.kɯ.da.ɕi.bɯn/

意味

Transcription of kanbun into Japanese word order; a Japanese rendering of a classical Chinese text using reordering marks and phonetic glosses.

When Japanese scholars read kanbun (classical Chinese texts), they used a system of marks (訓点) to reorder the Chinese into Japanese syntax and add readings. The resulting Japanese text is called 書き下し文. This conversion skill is taught in Japanese high school classical literature courses and tested in university entrance examinations.

例文

1. 漢文の授業では書き下し文の書き方を学んだ。
2. この漢詩を書き下し文に直して意味を確認した。
3. 書き下し文にすることで、古典中国語の構造が見えてくる。

使い方ガイド

場面: classical education, literary studies, entrance exams

トーン: academic

起源と歴史

From 書き (writing) + 下し (bringing down, rendering) + 文 (text, sentence). Describes the act of converting a Chinese text 'down' into readable Japanese form.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Students

社会的背景: Educated