書かき下くだし文ぶん

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Meanings

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noun

transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese

Refers to a Japanese reading/rendering of classical Chinese texts, often with annotations to convert the grammar and word order into Japanese.

漢かん文ぶんの授じゅ業ぎょうでは、書かき下くだし文ぶんを作つくる練れん習しゅうをした。
In classical Chinese class, we practiced making transcriptions into Japanese.

write

下below, down, descend

文sentence, literature, style

Similar words

漢かん文ぶん
漢文 is the original classical Chinese text, while 書き下し文 is the Japanese transcription of that text.
訓くん読どく
訓読 is the method of reading Chinese classics in Japanese word order, and 書き下し文 is the resulting text.

Etymology

Compound of 書き下し (kakikudashi, 'writing down in Japanese reading') + 文 (bun, 'text'). The term is specific to the study of classical Chinese literature in Japan.