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    3. 代筆

    代筆

    代だい筆ひつ

    writing on someone's behalf

    KMT9News #30+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab17 strokes

    だいひつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    writing on someone's behalf

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    病びょう気きで字じが書かかけないので、友せないので人ゆうじんに手て紙がみの代だい筆ひつを頼たのんだ。

    Since I couldn't write due to illness, I asked a friend to write the letter on my behalf.

    KMT5Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは秘ひ書しょに重じゅう要ような書しょ類るいの代だい筆ひつを依い頼らいした。

    He asked his secretary to write an important document on his behalf.

    KMT6Business & FinanceWork & Career
    ビジネス文ぶん書しょの代だい筆ひつサービスは、忙いそがしい経けい営えい者しゃに人にん気きがある。

    Business document writing services are popular among busy executives.

    KMT7Business & FinanceWork & Career
    作さっ家かのゴーストライターは、実じっ質しつ的てきに代だい筆ひつの仕し事ごとをしている。

    A ghostwriter for an author is essentially doing the work of writing on someone's behalf.

    KMT7LiteratureWork & Career
    歴れき史し上じょうの人じん物ぶつの中なかには、詩しや書しょ簡かんを代だい筆ひつさせていた者ものもいる。

    Among historical figures, some had poems and letters written on their behalf.

    KMT8HistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
    筆
    ふで…(2)
    writing brush・writing・painting brush・handwriting
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