筆ひっ鋒ぽう

noun

power of the pen; force of writing

Refers to the persuasive or critical power of writing, often in a literary or journalistic context. Somewhat formal and literary.

• 彼かれの筆ひっ鋒ぽうは鋭するどく、社しゃ会かいの矛む盾じゅんをえぐり出だした。

  His pen was sharp, exposing the contradictions of society.

• その評ひょう論ろん家かの筆ひっ鋒ぽうは多おおくの政せい治じ家かを震ふるえ上あがらせた。

  The critic's pen made many politicians tremble.