Word Meaning 詩人

しじん shijin

詩人 is read as しじん (shijin) and means poet.

Meaning

English

  1. poet

Reading

Kana

しじん

Romaji

shijin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 2456 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

詩人墨客

しじんぼっかく

poets and artists

吟遊詩人

ぎんゆうしじん

troubadour

田園詩人

でんえんしじん

pastoral poet

即興詩人

そっきょうしじん

improviser

桂冠詩人

けいかんしじん

poet laureate

日本詩人連盟

にっぽんしじんれんめい

Japan League of Poets

詩歌

しか

Japanese and Chinese poetry

うた

classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka)

詩情

しじょう

poetic sentiment

詩集

ししゅう

poetry anthology

Chinese poem

詩作

しさく

composition of a poem

Example Sentences

10

He is a poet.

Tom is a poet.

Alan is a poet.

Allen is a poet.

He is anything but a poet.

No one can be a poet.

He is a poet or something.

He is a poet by birth.

He is not so much a translator as a poet.

Poets select the best words.