Japanese symbol for “prosaic”
散文的
さんぶんてき
Romaji: sanbunteki
prosaic
In Japanese, prosaic is 散文的, read さんぶんてき (sanbunteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na prosaic
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “prosaic”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無風流 | ぶふうりゅう bufuuryuu | unrefined; tasteless; inelegant |
| 無味乾燥 | むみかんそう mumikansou | dull; uninteresting; dry |
| 没風流 | ぼつふうりゅう botsufuuryuu | unrefined; tasteless; inelegant |
| 無趣味 | むしゅみ mushumi | tasteless; prosaic; vulgar |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 解散 | かいさん kaisan | breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd) |
| 散歩 | さんぽ sanpo | walk; stroll |
| 分散 | ぶんさん bunsan | dispersion; breakup; scattering |
| 拡散 | かくさん kakusan | spreading; disseminating; scattering |
| 散々 | さんざん sanzan | thoroughly; completely; utterly |
| 発散 | はっさん hassan | emission; emanation; radiation |
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
| 文字 | もじ moji | letter (of an alphabet); character |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.