プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ぶん【文】
&fRoman1;
❶〔文法上の〕a sentence
出だし［結び］の文
「an opening [a closing] sentence
この文の意味が分からない
I don't understand (the meaning of) this sentence.
叙述［疑問/命令/感嘆］文
「a declarative [an interrogative/an imperative/an exclamatory] sentence
単［複/重］文
a simple [complex/compound] sentence
❷〔書き物〕writing；〔作文〕a composition；〔文体〕a style
「環境保全」と題する文を書いた
I wrote 「an essay [a composition] entitled“Enviromental Protection.”
彼は立派な［平明な］文を書く
He writes in 「an excellent [a clear] style.
この本の感想を文にしなさい
Write down your impressions of this book.
文中に不明の点がある
There are some obscure points in the text.
文は人なり
The style is the man.
&fRoman2;〔文事〕the pen
文は武に勝る
((諺)) The pen is mightier than the sword.
あや【▲文】
&fRoman1;〔模様や彩り〕designs and coloring
目にもあやな紅葉
brilliantly colored maple leaves
あやなす
⇒あやなす（綾なす）
&fRoman2;
❶〔筋道・入り組んだ仕組み〕an intricate design
話のあやがのみ込めない
I cannot follow the complicated lines of the story.
❷〔巧みな言い回し〕a rhetorical flourish；〔ひゆ的表現〕a figure of speech
これは単なる言葉のあやにすぎない
It's just a flowery way of putting it.