随ずい筆ひつ集しゅう

Kanji

• 随follow, though, notwithstanding
• 筆writing brush, writing, painting brush
• 集gather, meet, congregate
• 隨at the mercy of (the waves)

Similar words

• 随ずい筆ひつ

  随筆 is a single essay or the genre of essay writing; 随筆集 is a book-length collection of such essays.

• エッセイ集しゅう

  エッセイ集 is a more modern, loanword-based term for a collection of essays, often with a slightly more Western or contemporary feel.

Etymology

Compound of 随筆 (essay, miscellaneous writing) + 集 (collection).