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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

作さっ家か

sakka

author, writer

Example sentences

その作家さっかは私わたしたちによく知しられています。
The writer is well known to us.
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好すきな作家さっかは誰だれですか？
Who is your favorite author?
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彼かれは学者がくしゃでなく作家さっかだ。
He is a writer rather than a scholar.
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Kanji in 作家

作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり
家house; homeOnカ・ケKunいえ・や・うち

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