文献

ぶんけん

literature, books (reference)

What does 文献 mean?

文献 is a Japanese noun meaning literature, books (reference) in English. It is written as 文献 in kanji, ぶんけん in hiragana, and bunken in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

その事実は古い文献のいくつかに見出される。

The facts are buried in a few old books.