Meaning
随筆 (ずいひつ, zuihitsu) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “essays,miscellaneous writings”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
この本は新聞に掲載された随筆をまとめたものだ
This book is a collection of essays published in the newspaper.
白洲正子の随筆が有名。
An essay by Masako SHIRASU is famous.
彼女は随筆を書き始めた。
She set about writing the essay.
また随筆に『風塵随筆』がある。
He wrote "Fujin Zuihitsu" (Literally, wind dust essay), an essay.
彼の本は小説より随筆が人気です。
With his books, his literary jottings are more popular than his novels.
この随筆は１個の旅行鞄についてのものです。
This essay is about a piece of luggage.
この随筆は一個の旅行かばんについてのものです。
This essay is about a piece of luggage.
特に1977年に発表した自伝的随筆『私の浅草』は下町の風情を生き生きと綴りあげた名著と評価が高い。
In particular, her autobiographical essay "My Asakusa" published in 1977 was highly praised as a masterpiece that vividly portrays the flavor of downtown Tokyo.
「気の向くままに（文章を）書く」という随筆を意味する漢語「漫筆」が「漫筆画」を経て「漫画」になったとする説と、「漫画（まんかく）」という名のヘラサギの一種から「種々の事物を漁る」意になったとする説がある。
There is a theory that the Sino-Japanese word "manpitsu," meaning an essay written as one pleases, became "manga" via "manpitsu-ga," and a theory that it comes from a kind of spoonbill called "mankaku," meaning to search for various things.