先ずは憧れの作家の文章の呼吸をつかむためにひたすら筆写、丸写しをする。

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Furigana

先(ま)ずは憧(あこが)れの作家(さっか)の文章(ぶんしょう)の呼吸(こきゅう)をつかむためにひたすら筆写(ひっしゃ)、丸(まる)写(うつ)しをする。

Romanji

Mazu wa akogare no sakka no bunshō no kokyū o tsukamu tameni hitasura hissha, Maru utsushi o suru.

Words

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

憧れる (あこがれる)

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

作家 (さっか)

author; writer; novelist; artist

文章 (ぶんしょう)

sentence; article; composition; (writing) style

呼吸 (こきゅう)

breath; respiration; knack; trick; secret (of doing something)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

掴む (つかむ)

to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

只管 (ひたすら、ひたぶる)

nothing but; earnest; intent; determined; set on (something)

筆写 (ひっしゃ)

copying; transcribing

丸 (まる)

circle; entirety; whole; full; complete; money; dough; moola; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle; suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.

写し (うつし)

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to