Illustration: In a small Japanese publisher’s meeting room, an author has just lifted a pen from the final sheet of a thick manuscript whose pages are angled away from view.

JLPT N1suffixLevel estimated by Bebop

著ちょ

cho

written by

Used after an author’s name. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 『愚管抄』:慈円著。

    "Gukansho," by Jien.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 同おなじく定家さだいえ著ちょの「百人一首ひゃくにんいちしゅ」の後のちに記しるされた物ものであると言いわれている。

    It is said that Sadaie wrote Hyakunin Shuka after his another collection 'Hyakunin Isshu.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 若年じゃくねんで、同郷どうきょうのかほく市しの出身しゅっしんである西田幾多郎にしだきたろうの著ちょ『思索しさくと経験けいけん』に出会であう。

    When he was young, he read "Thinking and Experience" written by Kitaro NISHIDA, who was also from Kahoku City.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 著

  • 著renowned; publishOnチョ・チャクKunあらわす・いちじるしい

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