一筆|いっぴつippitsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounone stroke (of a brush)
2. nouna few lines (of writing); note; short letter; (dropping) a line
   彼女かのじょに一筆ひとふで書かいてみたらどうですか。↗

   Why don't you drop her a line?
3. nounwriting in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush)
4. nounparcel (of land)
5. nounsame handwriting

• Synonymひと筆NeutralNative-Japanese spelling of 「一筆」 with the same meaning; more colloquial, and often seen in 「ひと筆書き」.
• Related寸簡すんかんWrittenWritten style; also a humble way to refer to one's own letter, used mainly in epistolary language.
• Related寸楮WrittenWritten, archaic and rare: a humble, more polite way than 「一筆」 to refer to one's own short letter or note.

To write a few lines or dash off a note, use 「一筆」, as in 「一筆書く」「一筆申し上げます」; a one-stroke drawing is 「一筆書き」. For a humble reference to one's own letter, use 「寸簡」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 毛筆もうひつで墨すみを引ひく動作どうさの一度いちど分ぶん。
2. 手紙てがみや短みじかい文章ぶんしょうなど、少すくない量りょうの書かきもの。
3. 墨すみをつぎ足たさずに書かき続つづけること。
4. 土地とちを区切くぎった一ひとつのまとまり。
5. 同おなじ人ひとが書かいた文字もじであること。