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*''Sôrôbun'' (候文) - one of the most prominent forms of ''hentai kanbun'' in the [[Edo period]], ''sôrôbun'' is a form which uses both ''kanbun'' word order and ''kana'' extensively. Distinctively Japanese, it would not be easily legible to a Chinese reader, unlike other forms of ''kanbun'' which use ''kanji'' more exclusively. ''Sôrôbun'' relies extensively on particular set phrases, and ends a great many of its clauses and sentences in the copula verb ''sôrô'' (候). Though often called an "epistolary style," this is misleading as ''sôrôbun'' was used quite extensively in the Edo period, both for letters, petitions, and other communications, and also for a wide variety of records and other sorts of official documents.

*''Sôrôbun'' (候文) - one of the most prominent forms of ''hentai kanbun'' in the [[Edo period]], ''sôrôbun'' is a form which uses both ''kanbun'' word order and ''kana'' extensively. Distinctively Japanese, it would not be easily legible to a Chinese reader, unlike other forms of ''kanbun'' which use ''kanji'' more exclusively. ''Sôrôbun'' relies extensively on particular set phrases, and ends a great many of its clauses and sentences in the copula verb ''sôrô'' (候). Though often called an "epistolary style," this is misleading as ''sôrôbun'' was used quite extensively in the Edo period, both for letters, petitions, and other communications, and also for a wide variety of records and other sorts of official documents.

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