Kanbun

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Kanbun (Japanese: 漢文, "Sinitic writing") usually refers to writing in Literary Sinitic, including works composed in Japan. The term can also include Japanized texts that depart to varying degrees from the vocabulary or grammar of Literary Sinitic. Kanbun kundoku (漢文訓読) is a method of reading these texts in Japanese, using Japanese words and grammatical forms and changing the reading order where necessary. The Japanese reading uses a specialized literary register and may combine Sino-Japanese on'yomi and native kun'yomi readings rather than simply reciting every character with its Sino-Japanese pronunciation. Kanbun was a major part of premodern Japanese literature alongside works written in Japanese. It included Chinese classics and Buddhist scriptures as well as works by Japanese authors.

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