Nounsentence · composition; text; writings · the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbstudy; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge · discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verborder (for an item) · request; demand; condition

Nounthesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

Nounletter; note; mail · book; writings · literary arts; learning; scholarship

Nounstone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela

Noun(family) crest; coat of arms · pattern; figure · playing card suit (in karuta)

Nountiny amount of money; a penny; a cent; a farthing · one letter; one character · one mon (unit of currency)

NounEnglish writing; English sentence; English text · English literature; English lit

NounChinese classical writing; Chinese classics · writing composed entirely of kanji

Nounoriginal text

Nounofficial document; archives

Nounprose

Nounpreface; foreword; introduction

Nountext (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions

Nounthe above sentence; the foregoing remark · preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.) · opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)

Nounwhole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

Nounastronomy

Nounstraw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware · Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'inscription; epitaph; epigraph

NounFrench; French writing; French literature

Nounexample sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence

Nounlove letter

NounJapanese text; sentence in Japanese

Nounancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature · ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period

Nounhumanity; civilization; civilisation; culture

Nountext (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter) · this passage; this sentence

Nounvariant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

Nountext of the law

Nounintroductory text; introductory essay

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbpre-order; advance order

Nounfigure; design · twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes · style (of writing); figure (of speech)

Nounmon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870) · mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm) · letter; character; sentence

Nounpomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock

Nounbad style; poor writing

Noundress; clothes; drapery

Nounliterary remains

Nouna sentence; one sentence · (short) piece of writing

Nounlost work; lost writings · partially lost work; literary fragment; work that survives through quotations · work of a superior quality

Nounlettering of an engraving

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'verse; poetry

Nounhorizontal (Western) writing

Nounwriting in a European language; European text; Roman letters

Nouncircular (document); circulating letter · palindrome

Nounwritten prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

Nounhumorous writing

Nounscriptural text; scriptures; sutras

Nounpiece of writing with a missing part; missing part (sentence, passage, etc.); lacuna

Nounepistolary style using the auxiliary "sōrō" in place of "aru"