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推理作家 (すいりさっか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

推すい理り作さっ家か

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Meanings

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noun

mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

Refers to an author who writes mystery, detective, or crime fiction. A straightforward compound of 推理 (reasoning/detection) and 作家 (writer/author).

彼かれは有ゆう名めいな推すい理り作さっ家かだ。
He is a famous mystery writer.
その推すい理り作さっ家かの新しん作さくが来らい月げつ発はつ

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さ

れる

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The new work by that crime author will be released next month.

Kanji

推conjecture, infer, guess
理logic, arrangement, reason
作make, production, prepare
家house, home, family

Similar words

ミステリー作さっ家か
ミステリー作家 is a more casual, loanword-based synonym for mystery writer, while 推理作家 is the standard Sino-Japanese term.

Etymology

Compound of 推理 (すいり, 'reasoning, inference') and 作家 (さっか, 'writer, author'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term naturally describes an author specializing in detective or mystery fiction.