筆まめ

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 casual ふでまめfudemame
読み ふでまめ
ローマ字 fudemame
漢字の分解 筆 (fude/hitsu) — brush, writing; まめ (mame) — diligent, earnest (written in hiragana)
発音 /ɸɯ.de.ma.me/

意味

Diligent in correspondence; good at writing letters; someone who writes frequently and faithfully to others.

A compound of 筆 (brush/writing) and まめ (diligent/earnest). Functions as a na-adjective or noun. It praises someone who makes consistent effort to keep in touch through written communication — letters, postcards, or in modern usage, messages. Its opposite, 筆不精 (fudebusha), describes someone who is poor or lazy about writing to others.

例文

  1. 祖母は筆まめな人で、遠くに暮らす親族にも必ず季節の便りを送っていた。
  2. 彼は筆まめで、旅先から必ずはがきを送ってくれるので、家族も安心していた。
  3. 筆まめな友人から丁寧な礼状が届き、改めてその誠実さに感銘を受けた。

使い方ガイド

場面: correspondence, personal relationships, letter writing, character description

トーン: warm

起源と歴史

Combination of 筆 (fude, writing brush) and まめ (mame, diligent/earnest). まめ as a suffix meaning 'conscientious' appears in several compounds such as 働きまめ (hardworking). The image is of someone who diligently picks up the brush.

文化的背景

時代: Edo–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General

関連フレーズ

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