Illustration: A writer sits sideways on a cushion beside an open apartment balcony, composing a short manuscript on a clipboard whose paper faces away from view. Their attention rests on a sparrow bathing in a plant saucer, splashing water onto a neatly arranged pair of slippers.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

随ずい筆ひつ

zuihitsu

essay

Example sentences

文筆家ぶんぴつかとして知しられ、随筆ずいひつ集しゅうを多数著たすうあらわしている。
He is known as a writer, having written many collections of literary jottings.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
彼女かのじょは随筆ずいひつを書かき始はじめた。
She set about writing the essay.
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白洲正子しらすまさこの随筆ずいひつが有名ゆうめい。
An essay by Masako SHIRASU is famous.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 随筆

随follow; thoughOnズイKunまにまに・したがう
筆writing brush; writingOnヒツKunふで

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