Illustration: On a veranda overlooking a small home garden, a writer pauses midway through a brief handwritten composition held on a clipboard, its page angled away so no writing is visible. In front of her, a sparrow confidently steals a strand from the straw broom she has just used.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

エッセイ

essei

essay

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょはエッセイを書かき始はじめた。

    She set about writing the essay.

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  2. このエッセイは私自身わたしじしんが書かいたものだ。

    This essay is my own.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょは小説しょうせつや詩しに加くわえてエッセイも書かく。

    She writes essays in addition to novels and poetry.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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