N1561/3019

ふみ

formal or literary termnounnoun (generic)poetical term

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Meanings

  • letter, note, mail
  • book, writings
  • literary arts, learning, scholarship

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょとおはなれた故郷こきょうははふみをしたためた。

She carefully wrote a letter to her mother in her distant hometown.

ふるびたはこなかから、ばんだふみ一枚いちまいつかった。

A single yellowed letter was found inside an old box.

武士ぶし主君しゅくんへのふみ忠誠ちゅうせいちか言葉ことばつづった。

The samurai filled his letter to his lord with words pledging loyalty.

そのふみには、長年ながねんおもいがひっそりとしるされていた。

Within that letter, feelings harbored over many long years were quietly written down.

万葉まんよう歌人かじんたちはふみみちきわめるべく生涯しょうがいささげたとつたえられている。

It is said that the poets of the Man'yō era devoted their entire lives to mastering the literary arts.