Illustration: At a small neighborhood bookshop event, an author sits at a table signing a reader's open book. The pen touches a page angled away from view. Several waiting readers hold identical books with the same simple leaf illustration on their covers.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

筆ひっ者しゃ

hissha

writer, author

Writers also use 筆者 to refer to themselves. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

あなたは筆者ひっしゃが言いっていることを理解りかいできますか。
Can you make sense of what the writer is saying?
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筆者ひっしゃはそうした風潮ふうちょうを好このまない。
The present writer doesn’t like such a tendency.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
この記事きじの筆者ひっしゃは有名ゆうめいな批評家ひひょうかだ。
The author of this article is a famous critic.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 筆者

筆writing brush; writingOnヒツKunふで
者someone; personOnシャKunもの

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