草紙・草子・双紙・冊子|そうしsoushi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounwritten work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)
2. nouna text written entirely in kana
3. noungraphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries)
4. nounnotebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.)
5. nounrough draft

• Synonym書冊しょさつWrittenWritten/formal prose word for books in general; 「草紙」 usually means old bound kana texts or picture books.
• Synonym冊子本さっしぼんWrittenA bound book, as opposed to a scroll; a term used in bibliography.
• Related小冊子しょうさっしNeutralA thin booklet, often a manual or guide; 「草紙」 refers to old bound reading matter.
• RelatedパンフレットNeutralLoanword for a pamphlet or brochure, with the emphasis on publicity and promotion.
• RelatedパンフCasualColloquial short form of 「パンフレット」 for a brochure; 「草紙」 is an old bound text.
• Related小冊しょうさつWrittenWritten/formal prose and rather rare; a small, thin book. 「草紙」 usually means old kana texts or picture books.
• Related書しょWrittenAn elegant, old-fashioned word for letters, also books and learning; 「草紙」 is bound kana reading matter.
• Related書巻しょかんWrittenWritten/formal prose, archaic and little used; books and writings. 「草紙」 refers to bound kana texts.

Use 「草紙」 for old bound texts, kana writings or picture books such as 「絵草紙」 and 「枕草子」. For books in general say 「書冊」, for thin booklets 「小冊子」, and for promotional brochures 「パンフレット」 (colloquially 「パンフ」).

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1. 糸いとなどで綴とじた書物しょもつ。
2. 仮名かなで書かかれた書物しょもつ。
3. 絵入えいりで短編たんぺん、通俗的つうぞくてきな物語ものがたり。
4. 書かいただけの原稿げんこう。