絵筆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絵	筆
え Grade: 2	ふで Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
繪筆 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えふで [éꜜfùdè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ɸɯ̟de̞]

Noun

絵(え)筆(ふで) • (efude) 

1. paintbrush
   • 1935, 寺田寅彦, 柿の種:

     私(わたし)は試(こころ)みに絵筆(えふで)を取(と)って、その中(なか)の一(ひと)つを画布(がふ)の上(うえ)に写(うつ)してみた。

     Watashi wa kokoromi ni efude o totte, sono naka no hitotsu o gafu no ue ni utsushite mita.

     I took a paintbrush and attempted to reproduce one of them on the canvas.

Derived terms

• 狐(キツネ)の絵筆(エフデ) (kitsunenoefude)