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132 examples found containing '作家' (results also include variant forms and possible homonyms)

は

になるつもりだ。

I aim to be a writer.

は

で

な

です。

Toson Shimazaki is a very famous writer in Japan.

えるのが

な

です。

The man you see over there is a famous writer.

は

を

している。

I aim to be a writer.

ここがその

が

です。

This is the room where the author killed himself.

らはその

を

いちりゅう

だと

った。

They looked on the writer as first-rate.

その

は

を

くのがうまい。

The writer is very good at a dialog.

はその

の

をよく

っている。

I am familiar with the author's name.

はその

の

を

できなかった。

I could not understand what the author said.

は

れてしまいましたが、ある

がこの

しょうせつ

を

いたのです。

A writer, whose name I have forgotten, wrote this novel.

その

は

を

はっぴょう

する。

The writer is bringing out a new book next month.

は

ですか？

Who is your favorite author?

ゆうじくんのお

らしい。

Apparently Yuji's mum is a writer.

あの

の

は

れている。

The writer has an excellent style.

この

しょうせつ

は

の

かれた。

This novel was written by an American writer.

その

は

しょうせつ

に

んでいる。

The writer is tackling the now new novel.

その

は

に

んでいる。

The writer is working on a new book.

にはその

が

わんとしていることが

できない。

I can't figure out what the writer is trying to say.

は

な

です。

The man you see over there is a famous writer.

はよく

を

さんしょう

する。

Writers often refer to a dictionary.

は

しょうせつ

です。

She is a short story writer.

その

は

たちによく

られています。

The writer is well known to us.

ミルトンは

いちりゅう

の

です。

Milton is one of the classic writers.

は

な

な

とみなされていた。

He was regarded as the greatest writer of the day.

は

を

てている。

She earns a living as a writer.

はたいした

ではないと

う。

I don't think he's a great actor.

は

です。

He writes books.

は

くの

を

んだ。

I have read many modern authors.

は

だ。

He is a writer rather than a scholar.

は

というよりむしろ

です。

He is a teacher rather than a writer.

Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.

Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.

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