筆ひっ耕こう

noun

copying or writing as a profession; earning a living by writing

Refers to the traditional occupation of copying documents or writing by hand for a living, often associated with pre-modern Japan. In modern contexts, it can also refer to calligraphy or manuscript work.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、筆ひっ耕こうとして生せい計けいを立たてる人ひとも多おおかった。

  In the Edo period, many people made a living as copyists.

• 彼かれは筆ひっ耕こうの仕し事ごとで細ほそ々ぼそと暮くらしている。

  He ekes out a living doing copying work.