筆 – Vocabulary details

筆ひつ

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.

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.

Counter

4. (land) lot; plot

when read as "ひつ"

writing brush

ひ

つ

fountain pen

writing on someone's behalf

one's own handwriting; autograph

筆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.

彼かれは筆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筆ふでだろう。

I wonder who painted this picture.

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