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jmdict 1732110 Active (id: 2307638)
筆遣い筆使い筆づかい [sK]
ふでづかい
1. [n]
▶ brushwork
▶ handling of one's brush
▶ command of one's pen
▶ penmanship
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1305720 使い【つかい】 4. use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; handler; charmer



History:
5. A 2024-08-01 17:57:04  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
The kokugos all lead with or only have 筆遣い, so despite the N-gram counts I think it's okay to keep it first in the form order.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 筆遣い   │ 13,404 │ 36.9% │
│ 筆使い   │ 17,913 │ 49.4% │
│ 筆づかい  │  4,935 │ 13.6% │ - sK
│ ふでづかい │     29 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
4. A 2020-11-03 01:37:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2020-11-03 01:33:31  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5
筆使い	17913
筆遣い	13404
筆づかい	4935
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>筆づかい</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -15,0 +19,3 @@
+<gloss>handling of one's brush</gloss>
+<gloss>command of one's pen</gloss>
+<gloss>penmanship</gloss>
2. A 2011-08-12 02:40:46  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2011-08-11 22:44:46  Scott
  Refs:
gg5 daij
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>筆使い</keb>

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