文筆|ぶんぴつbunpitsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounliterary art; literary activity; writing
   彼女かのじょは文筆ぶんぴつで生活せいかつを立たてている。↗

   She lives by her pen.

• Synonym執筆しっぴつNeutralWriting or penning a specific piece, as in 「原稿を執筆」; it centres on producing one particular manuscript rather than writing in general.
• Synonym著述ちょじゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose: writing books to set out one's ideas, as in 「著述業」; close in sense to 「文筆」.
• Related作文さくぶんNeutralWriting essays or prose, and also a school composition; 「文筆」 instead points to literary creation or writing as a profession.
• Related著作ちょさくWrittenWritten/formal prose: writing a book, or the resulting book or work; 「文筆」 stresses the activity of writing itself.
• Related撰述せんじゅつWrittenFormal: compiling and writing a book; rarely used.

For writing a particular piece, say 「書く」 or 「執筆」; for a school composition, 「作文」. 「文筆」 is the word for literary activity or writing as a livelihood and skill, as in 「文筆家」 and 「文筆で生計を立てる」.

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1. 文章ぶんしょうや詩歌しいかなどを作つくること。