Illustration: At a small magazine office, a freelance writer drafts an article on a laptop while listening through one earbud to a portable interview recorder. Beside the keyboard are photographs showing the same writer interviewing a neighborhood baker, with the recorder held between them.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ライター

raitaa

writer

It also means a cigarette lighter. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたし、ライターになるって決きめたわ。

    I’ve decided to become a writer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この企画きかくにぴったりのライターを、草くさの根分ねわけてでも探さがしだして欲ほしい。

    I want you to search high and low for a writer who’s just right for this project. Leave no stone unturned.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そのライターは地元じもとの祭まつりについて記事きじを書かいた。

    The writer wrote an article about a local festival.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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