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Grammar

imperative sentence; imperative statement

national literature

department of English literature

flowery prose

civilian

written language; literary language

classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese

literary criticism or theory

Bunroku era (1592.12.8-1596.10.27)

Japanese text; sentence in Japanese

Abbreviation

Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)

written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

book; literary work

pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock

literary miscellany

official document; archives

Lindera triloba (species of spicebush)

Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush)

toothpick

natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony)

black characters; black text

cultural aspect

greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation

literary profession; writing

collected papers; collected works; collection of articles and essays

Linguistics

quotation

plain text; unciphered text

text of the law