候文

候文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
候	文
そうろう Grade: 4	ぶん Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
  • (Tokyo) そーろ​ーぶん [sòóróꜜòbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) そーろーぶん [sòóróóbúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [so̞ːɾo̞ːbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

候文(そうろうぶん) • (sōrōbun)  (historical kana さうらふぶん)

1. sorobun, a historical literary Japanese style of writing characterized by usage of the auxiliary verb 候(そうろう) (sōrō) / 候(そろ) (soro).

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN