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文句
Readings

monku
English
Noun (futsuumeishi)
complaint, grumbling, objection

Noun (futsuumeishi)
phrase, words, expression

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Kanjis
ON: ブン, モン KUN: ふみ, あや
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

Stroke: 4 Grade: 1 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 2-2-2 FC: 0040.0


ON:
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku

Stroke: 5 Grade: 5 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 3-2-3 FC: 2762.2


Phrases
その文句は、人を侮辱するためのものだ。
Parts: 其の (その) 文句 (もんく) (ひと) 侮辱 (ぶじょく) (ため) (もの)
The phrase is meant to insult people.

そんなことは君が文句を言う理由にはならないよ。
Parts: そんな (こと) (きみ) 文句 (もんく) 言う (いう) 理由 (りゆう) には ならない (ならぬ)
That doesn't give you grounds for complaining.