N2273/1725

書しょ道どう

nounnoun (generic)

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しょどう

Meanings

calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは書道しょどうを習ならっていて、毎週まいしゅう教室きょうしつに通かよっています。

She is learning calligraphy and attends class every week.

書道しょどうの授業じゅぎょうでは、筆ふでの持もち方かたから丁寧ていねいに教おそわった。

In calligraphy class, I was carefully taught from how to hold the brush.

彼かれは書道しょどうの腕前うでまえを活いかして、結婚式けっこんしきの招待状しょうたいじょうを手書てがきした。

He made use of his calligraphy skills to handwrite the wedding invitations.

書道しょどうは単たんなる文字もじの練習れんしゅうではなく、精神せいしんを集中しゅうちゅうさせる修養しゅうようでもある。

Calligraphy is not merely practice in writing characters; it is also a discipline for focusing the mind.

日本にほんの伝統文化でんとうぶんかに関心かんしんを持もつ外国人がいこくじんの中なかには、書道しょどうを体験たいけんしたいと希望きぼうする人ひとも多おおい。

Among foreigners who are interested in traditional Japanese culture, many hope to experience calligraphy.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)