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Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ふで

ふで 毛筆 a (writing ) brush ; 絵筆 a (paint )brush ; ペン a pen .弘法にも筆の誤り Even an excellent calligrapher like Kobo-daishi sometimes makes mistakes with the brush' .ことわざ Even Homer (sometimes ) nods .▸ 弘法筆を選ばず ことわざ Bad workmen always blame their tools .筆が滑る make a slip of the pen .筆が立つ ▸ 彼は筆が立つ He writes well .He is a good writer . (!後の方は 「いい作家である 」の意にもなる ) 筆を入れる 【絵などに 】touch up 〘a picture 〙, add a few touches 〘to a picture 【文章などに 】make corrections 〘in a manuscript 〙, correct 〘a manuscript .筆を置く 【書くことをやめる 】put down one's pen / stop writing .筆を折る [断つ ]stop [give up ] writing 〘novels 〙.筆を執る 【執筆を始める 】start to write 【ペンを執る 】take up one's pen .筆を染める やってみる try one's hand at writing 【書き始める 】start to write .筆を走らせる 書く write 描く paint .▸ 彼はさっそく友への手紙に筆を走らせた He soon wrote (a letter ) to his friend .筆入れ 筆箱 筆立て a p n [a p ncil, a br sh ] st nd .筆箱 a p n [a p ncil, a br sh ] c se .