ひつ – Vocabulary details

ひつ

Noun

1. writing brush; paintbrush; pen

急きゅうに声こえをかけられて筆ふでを落おとしそうになってしまった。I was suddenly spoken to and almost dropped my brush.

2. writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; penmanship; something drawn with a brush

この絵えは誰だれの筆ふでだろう。I wonder who painted this picture.

Counter

3. (land) lot; plot

when read as "ひつ"

ひ

つ

omission (of words and passages); abbreviation; writing a character in a simplified form; omitting strokes from a kanji

fountain pen

writing on someone's behalf

ひつは立たてなければ書かけないのだ。

You cannot write unless you hold the brush upright.

彼かれはひつで生せい計けいを立たてている。

He earns his bread by writing.

この絵えは誰だれのひつだろう。

I wonder who painted this picture.

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