| (Recently some people are calling this literature nihongo bungaku (literally, literature written in Japanese) due to the fact that in some cases the author's nationality or place of residence does not correspond to the language used, such as with foreign writers who write works in Japanese.) |
（近年は外国籍作家が日本語作品を書く例など国籍や居住地と言語とが一致しない場合もあることを考慮し、日本語文学という呼称が使われることもある）。 |