ふで – Vocabulary details

ふで

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.

3. writing (composing text); the written word

when read as "ふで"

だけど今日きょうはなかなか筆ふでが進すすまない。But today my writing just isn't moving along.

ふ

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calligraphy pen

pencil case; pen case; writing case; brush case

one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land)

ふでは立たてなければ書かけないのだ。

You cannot write unless you hold the brush upright.

彼かれはふで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ふでだろう。

I wonder who painted this picture.

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