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    3. 草紙

    草紙

    草そう紙し

    written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)

    KMT10News #40+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab19 strokes

    草子双紙冊子

    そうし

    Noun

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

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    昔むかしの物も語のが書たりがかかれた草そう紙しを見みつけた。

    I found an old written work (storybook).

    KMT8LiteratureHistory
    彼かれは新あたらしい小しょう説せつのアイデアを草そう紙しに書かき留とめていた。

    He was jotting down ideas for a new novel in a notebook (rough draft).

    KMT9LiteratureWork & Career
    彼かれは子こ供どもの頃ころ、絵え草そう紙しを読よんで育そだった。

    He grew up reading picture books (graphic novels).

    KMT10LiteratureDaily LifeCulture & Traditions
    平へい安あん時じ代だいの草そう紙しには、当とう時じの人ひと々びとの生せい活かつが生いき生いきと描えがかれている。

    The written works of the Heian period vividly depict the lives of people at that time.

    KMT10LiteratureHistoryCulture & Traditions
    この草そう紙しは、仮か名な文も字じだけで書かかれた珍めずらしい作さく品ひんだ。

    This written work is a rare piece written entirely in kana characters.

    KMT10LiteratureCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    草
    くさ・くさ-・-ぐさ…(3)
    grass・weeds・herbs・pasture・write…(1)
    紙
    かみ…(1)
    paper
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