ぶんだん

I

[分断] segmentation

【U】［or a ～］ 区分， 分割， 分断.

◇→分断する

II

[文壇] the literary world.

▲He is a prince of novelists. 彼は文壇の第一人者だ.

分団
branch
chapter
文壇
literary world
literary circles

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I

ぶんだん【分断】

segmentation

〖U〗［or a ～］ 区分， 分割， 分断.

◇ → 分断する

II

ぶんだん【文壇】

the literary world.

▲He is a prince of novelists. 彼は文壇の第一人者だ.

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I

ぶんだん【分団】

a branch; a (local) chapter.

II

ぶんだん【分断】

dividing into sections; cutting in halves [pieces].

～する divide into sections.

●1 つの国を東西に分断する divide a country, east and west

・道路が地震で分断された. The road was split by the earthquake.

分断工作[作戦] a strategy to divide 《the enemy》 into many camps; a strategy to divide and rule.

分断国家 a divided nation; a split country.

III

ぶんだん【文段】

a paragraph.

●文段に分ける paragraph.

IV

ぶんだん【文壇】

〔文学界〕 the literary world; literary circles; the world of letters; (文学者連) the literati.

●日本の文壇 the Japanese literary circles [scene].

●文壇に登場する write one's first novel

・文壇に乗り出す enter upon a literary career; make one's debut in letters

・文壇に名を成す win literary fame; become a famous writer; make a name in literature.

●文壇の大御所 a literary magnate; the most prominent figure in (the doyen of) the literary world

・文壇の主流 the mainstream of the literary world

・文壇の明星 a star [luminary] in the literary world [firmament]; a literary star; a star writer

・文壇の寵児 a popular writer.

●文壇を去って政界に入る forsake letters for politics.

既成文壇 the existing literary circles.

文壇意識 the consciousness of the current situation of the literary world.

文壇人 a writer; a man of letters; a literary man.

●既成文壇人 a writer [an author] of established reputation.