候文

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーろーぶん [sòóróꜜòbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ーろーぶん [sòóróóbúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːɾo̞ːbɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

(そうろう)(ぶん) • (sōrōbunさうらふぶん (saurafubun)?

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN