Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 2
ぶん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

From 公用(こうよう) (kōyō) + (ぶん) (bun).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)(よう)(ぶん) (kōyōbunこうようぶん (kouyoubun)?

  1. formal (governmental, legal, etc.) writing

References edit

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