古文書

こもんじょ

Also written こぶんしょ

Meanings

1. Noun historical document; archives; old manuscript; paleograph
2. pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular (paleography term) See also: 文書 (ぶんしょ).

Kanji

• 古 old. Read as コ.
• 文 text. Read as モン.
• 書 write. Read as ショ.

Example sentences

• 彼は物置の中で偶然いくつかの古文書を見つけた。
  He came across some old documents in the closet.
• 彼女は物置の中で偶然いくつかの古文書を見つけた。
  She came across some old documents in the closet.

Words containing 古文書

• 古文書学 (こもんじょがく) study of historical documents

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists