作家（さっか）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: writer / author
Example sentences
- この小説を書いた作家に会ってみたい。 — I'd like to meet the author who wrote this novel.
- 彼は若い作家として注目されている。 — He is drawing attention as a young writer.
Idioms & proverbs containing “作家”
- 閨秀作家 (けいしゅうさっか) — woman writer
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- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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