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文化
bunka
Description
「文化」は、ある国や地域の人々が持っている生活のしかたや考え方、芸術などのことです。
"文化" refers to the way of life, ideas, and arts of the people in a country or region.
食べ物や音楽、お祭りなど、いろいろなものが文化の一部です。
Food, music, festivals, and various other things are parts of 文化.
Meanings
文化bunka
culture; way of life, customs, and arts of a group
日本の文化にとても興味があります。
I am very interested in Japanese culture.
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Notes
- Etymology
文 (writing, culture) + 化 (change, becoming); a Sino-Japanese compound meaning cultivation of the mind.
- Nuance
文化 covers customs and arts broadly, while 文明 (civilization) stresses material and technological development.
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