Illustration: In her apartment, an elderly former mountaineer sits composing a bound manuscript, pen poised over a page whose surface is hidden by her hand and the book's angle.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ伝でん

jiden

autobiography

Example sentences

  1. 彼は晩年を自伝を書くことに献げた。

    He devoted the last years of his life to writing his autobiography.

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  2. 自伝じでんにあるように、彼自身東京移住かれじしんとうきょういじゅうを勧すすめられ、関西かんさいに見切みきりをつけて東京とうきょうに移籍いせきすることも考かんがえていた。

    As he described in his autobiography, he was recommended to move to Tokyo and he considered leaving Kansai and moving to Tokyo

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

  3. 特とくに1977年ねんに発表はっぴょうした自伝じでん的随筆てきずいひつ『私わたしの浅草あさくさ』は下町したまちの風情ふぜいを生いき生いきと綴つづりあげた名著めいちょと評価ひょうかが高たかい。

    In particular, her autobiographical essay "My Asakusa" published in 1977 was highly praised as a masterpiece that vividly portrays the flavor of downtown Tokyo.

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

Kanji in 自伝

  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 伝transmit; go alongOnデン・テンKunつたわる・つたえる・つたう

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