| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 文 | ぶん | a sentence |
| 文学 | ぶんがく | literature |
| 作文 | さくぶん | composition |
| 文字 | もんじ | character |
| 何文 | なんぶん | what minute |
| 例文 | れいぶん | example sentence |
| 文句 | もんく | complaint |
| 原文 | げんぶん | original text |
| 文化 | ぶんか | culture, civilization |
| 文体 | ぶんたい | literary style |
| 文房具 | ぶんぼうぐ | stationery |
| 文明 | ぶんめい | civilization, culture |
| 文法 | ぶんぽう | grammar |
| 注文 | ちゅうもん | order, request |
| 文献 | ぶんけん | literature, books (reference) |
| 人文科学 | じんぶんかがく | social sciences, humanities |
| 文章 | ぶんしょう | sentence, article |
| 文系 | ぶんけい | sentence pattern |
| 文脈 | ぶんみゃく | context |
| 文芸 | ぶんげい | literature, art and literature, belles-lettres |
| 文句を言 | もんくをいう | complain |
| 動詞文 | どうしぶん | verb (predicate) sentence |
| 名詞文 | めいしぶん | noun (predicate) sentence |
| 形容詞文 | けいどうしぶん | adjective (predicate) sentence |
| 論文 | ろんぶん | thesis, essay, treatise, paper |
| 軟らかい文章 | やわらかいぶんしょう | informal style |
| 文部省 | もんぶしょう | Ministry of Education |
| 頭文字 | かしらもじ | an initial letter, a capital |
| 三人寄れば文殊の知恵 | さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ | two heads are better than one |
| 仏文 | ふつぶん | French, French writing, French literature |
| 俳文 | はいぶん | prose with a poetic haiku flavor (flavour) |
| 允文允武 | いんぶんいんぶ | being versed in the literary and military arts |
| 序文 | じょぶん | preface, foreword, introduction |
| 怪文書 | かいぶんしょ | objectionable literature |
| 恋文 | こいぶみ | love-letter |
| 文は人也 | ぶんはひとなり | The style is the man |
| 文化勲章 | ぶんかくんしょう | Order of Culture, Order of Cultural Merit |
| 文化財 | ぶんかざい | cultural assets, cultural property |
| 文壇 | ぶんだん | literary world, literary circles |
| 文字盤 | もじばん | dial (i.e. labelled face of a timepiece or other measuring device) |
| 文字通り | もじどおり | literal; literally |
| 文庫 | ぶんこ | library, book collection; paperback book |
| 文旦 | ぶんたん | shaddock, pomelo |
| 文書 | ぶんしょ, もんじょ | document, writing, letter, paperwork, note, records, archives |
| 文武 | ぶんぶ | literary and military arts, the pen and the sword |
| 文豪 | ぶんごう | literary master |
| 文質彬彬 | ぶんしつひんぴん | refined, handsome and solid in character |
| 条文 | じょうぶん | text, provisions (act, treaty) |
| 機械文明 | きかいぶんめい | technical civilization, technical civilisation |
| 欧文 | おうぶん | European language, foreign text |
| 比較文学 | ひかくぶんがく | comparative literature |
| 漢字文化圏 | かんじぶんかけん | countries which use Chinese characters |
| 漢文 | かんぶん | Chinese classical literature; literature written entirely in kanji |
| 碑文 | ひぶん | inscription, epitaph, epigraph |
| 私文書 | しぶんしょ | private document |
| 紹介文 | しょうかいぶん | introductory essay |
| 絢文 | けんぶん | colorful pattern, colourful pattern |
| 縄文 | じょうもん | Jomon period, straw-rope pattern |
| 肯定文 | こうていぶん | affirmative sentence |
| 英文学 | えいぶんがく | study of English literature |
| 購入注文 | こうにゅうちゅうもん | purchase order |
| 銘文 | めいぶん | inscription |
| 雅文 | がぶん | elegant (literary) style |
| 韻文 | いんぶん | verse, poetry |