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撰述
せんじゅつ
1. [n,vs,vt] [dated]
▶ writing (a book)

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2022-07-08 08:17:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2022-07-06 23:10:32  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr: 書物を著し作ること。述作すること。
  Comments:
I agree with Stephen that "editing; compiling" don't look right.
I don't think the x-ref is needed. Daijr and Koj don't even mention 著述. Also, 撰述 differs from 著述 in that it can't refer to the book itself.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1427120">著述</xref>
@@ -17,2 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>compiling</gloss>
-<gloss>editing</gloss>
3. A 2022-07-05 23:02:49  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>writing (books)</gloss>
+<gloss>writing (a book)</gloss>
2. A 2022-07-04 23:04:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<gloss>writing (books)</gloss>
@@ -18 +18,0 @@
-<gloss>writing</gloss>
1. A* 2022-07-04 17:57:15  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Not sure these glosses are accurate. Most kokugos just say something to the effect of "writing a book"

shinmeikai: 「著述」の意の古風な表現。

[vt]: shinmeikai, oukoku, meikyo, iwakoku

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| 撰述 |  4,668 |
| 著述 | 87,376 |
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,3 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1427120">著述</xref>
+<misc>&dated;</misc>

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