writing

文章、著作

著者が書いた文章や、複数の文章をまとめたもの。

やさしい英語で： A text or collection of texts produced by an author.

• This is a lovely piece of writing.
• His early writings describe village life.
• We read some of her writing in class.

類義語： work, text

よく使う表現： piece of writing, early writing, collected writing

字、筆跡

ペンや鉛筆で書いた文字に表れる、その人特有の形。

やさしい英語で： The way someone's letters look when they use a pen or pencil.

• Your writing is very neat.
• I could hardly read his writing.
• Her writing became smaller near the bottom of the page.

類義語： handwriting, script

よく使う表現： neat writing, messy writing, read someone’s writing

作文、創作

物語や詩などの文章を書くことを学ぶ教科。

やさしい英語で： A subject in which students learn to create stories, poems, and other texts.

• We have writing after lunch.
• She teaches creative writing at the college.
• Our writing class is learning about poetry.

類義語： composition

よく使う表現： creative writing, writing class, writing course