文語 (ぶんご): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

文語 (ぶんご) means classical written language / literary language.

See example sentences below.

文語 at a glance

文語

ぶんごbungo

N1noun

classical written language / literary language

文語ぶんごbungoN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

classical written language / literary language

Example 1

この文章は文語で書かれています。

Translation

This text is written in classical written language.

Example 2

文語は昔の日本語の形です。

Translation

Classical written language is the old form of Japanese.