原稿|げんこうgenkou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmanuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
   この原稿げんこうは書き直かきなおしたほうがいいな。↗

   I'd better rewrite this paper.

• Synonym草案そうあんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A draft awaiting review or deliberation — bills, regulations, speech drafts. 「原稿」 is the text you publish or present.
• Synonym草稿そうこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A preliminary draft, stressing that it is not yet final; 「原稿」 can be the finished version.
• Synonym下書きしたがきNeutralNeutral. A rough draft jotted down before the fair copy, or a rough sketch of a drawing; 「原稿」 usually means the copy you hand in.
• SynonymドラフトNeutralNeutral. Loanword for a draft, but usually means the baseball draft or draft beer; in the manuscript sense it sounds businesslike.
• Synonym稿こうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Mostly a suffix counting drafts, as in 「第一稿」 or 「最終稿」; standing alone it is rare.
• Related原案げんあんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The original plan something is based on; in stories, 「原案」 is the underlying concept, while 「原稿」 is the written text itself.
• Related素案そあんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A rough preliminary plan, used mostly in policy discussions.
• Related文案ぶんあんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A draft of a document; the word is rare.
• Related案文あんぶんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A draft of official papers or statements — bureaucratic flavor.
• RelatedマニュスクリプトWrittenWritten/formal prose. Loanword for a manuscript, mostly in academic contexts or for old texts.
• Related下書げしょWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare; means a rough draft, but people normally say 「下書き」.
• Related稿本こうほんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A manuscript copy, mainly encountered in research on old texts.
• Related手稿しゅこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A manuscript written by hand — the handwriting is the point; 「原稿」 need not be handwritten.

For copy you will publish or present — as in 「原稿用紙」 — use 「原稿」. For a preliminary draft say 「下書き」 or 「草稿」; for a draft awaiting review, 「草案」; for a handwritten manuscript, 「手稿」. The rest are rarer or specialized: 「原案」/「素案」 for original plans, 「案文」 for official drafts, 「稿」 as a suffix, plus the loanwords ドラフト and マニュスクリプト.

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1. 印刷いんさつする元もととなる文章ぶんしょうや写真しゃしん。
2. 発表はっぴょうする文章ぶんしょうを紙かみに書かいたもの。