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物書き

物書

Reading

Kana: ものかき
Romaji: monokaki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

writer; copyist

Kanji

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write

Example Sentences

ほとんどの物書(ものか)きは批評(ひひょう)敏感(びんかん)である。
➥Most writers are sensitive to criticism.
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小説家(しょうせつか)詩人(しじん)といった物書(ものか)きは、科学(かがく)進歩(しんぽ)恩恵(おんけい)をあまりうけていないように(おも)われる。
➥Writers such as novelists and poets don't seem to benefit much from the advance of science.
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