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文学部
ぶんがくぶ
1. [n]
▶ faculty of letters
▶ college of letters
▶ school of humanities



History:
5. A 2025-11-20 20:50:39  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
English n-grams
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>faculty of humanities</gloss>
+<gloss>college of letters</gloss>
+<gloss>school of humanities</gloss>
4. A 2025-11-20 00:49:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2025-11-19 12:29:28  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/文学部
nikk: 大学で文学系(哲学・歴史学・文芸学・社会学など)の学問を専攻する学部。
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/facultyofletters.html
https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/profile/faculty/faculties-and-graduate/faculty-of-letters-graduate-school-of-letters
  Comments:
GG5 has "department of literature" but 文学部 is not limited to literature. In Japanese universities, it's typically rendered as "Faculty of Letters".
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>department of literature</gloss>
-<gloss>school of humanities</gloss>
+<gloss>faculty of letters</gloss>
+<gloss>faculty of humanities</gloss>
2. A 2024-05-31 20:30:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2024-05-31 19:46:59  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, chujiten, jawiki, nikk
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>department (faculty) of literature</gloss>
+<gloss>department of literature</gloss>
+<gloss>school of humanities</gloss>

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