著述

• 読み: ちょじゅつ
• ローマ字: chojutsu
• 漢字の分解: 著 (cho/arawa) — write, author, manifest; 述 (jutsu/no) — describe, narrate, transmit
• 発音: /tɕo.dʑɯ.tsɯ/

意味

Writing; authorship; literary or scholarly composition. The act of producing written works, especially as a profession or sustained intellectual activity.

Used as both a noun and する-verb (著述する). Carries a more formal and sustained connotation than 執筆 (shippitsu — writing, drafting a single piece). 著述業 (chojutsu-gyō) means 'the profession of authorship.' Often paired with 教育 or 研究 to describe an academic who both teaches and writes prolifically.

例文

1. 生涯を著述に捧げた学者の全集は全五十巻に及ぶ。
2. 彼の著述活動は晩年になっても衰えを見せなかった。
3. 大学での教育と並行しながら精力的な著述を続けた。

使い方ガイド

場面: academia, literature, publishing, biography

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 著 (to write, to author) and 述 (to describe, to narrate). 著 originally meant to make conspicuous or to set down clearly; 述 meant to transmit or recount. Together they convey the deliberate act of setting knowledge into written form.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Scholars and authors

社会的背景: Educated