詩人

しじん

Poet

N3noun·shijin

How to remember it

詩 (poem) + 人 (person) — a person who writes poems.

Example sentences

  • 彼は有名な詩人だ。

    かれはゆうめいなしじんだ。

    He is a famous poet.

  • その詩人は自然を愛した。

    そのしじんはしぜんをあいした。

    That poet loved nature.

Usage

Literary register; 歌人 (kajin) refers specifically to tanka poets.

Related words

作家小説家歌人

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