Etymology

zuihitsu

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Today it means: A Japanese literature genre consisting of loosely connected essays and fragmented ideas Full definition →

Japanese 随筆
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The story

  1. Japanese · derived from随筆“essay”
  2. English todayzuihitsu

From Japanese 随筆 (ずいひつ, zuihitsu, “essay”).

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