cursive in Japanese
cursive in Japanese is 筆記体, 草書 — cursive means flowing and continuous.
cursive in Japanese
筆記体
Pronounced: hikkitai
(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.
筆記体
Pronounced: hikkitai
(countable) A cursive character, letter or font.
草書
Pronounced: sōsho
(countable) A cursive character, letter or font.
草書
Pronounced: sōsho
(countable) A manuscript written in cursive characters.
What does "cursive" mean?
- adj Flowing and continuous.
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adj Written with the letters joined up, as in joined-up handwriting.
"Then Mambro handed me his manuscript, a sheaf of loose pages really, his cursive handwriting scrawled over them, the exaggerated tails of the f’s and the j’s, the distinct loop of the q."
- adj (grammar) Describing a verb aspect used for an action that carries on steadily through space or time.
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cursive in a sentence
- Then Mambro handed me his manuscript, a sheaf of loose pages really, his cursive handwriting scrawled over them, the exaggerated tails of the f’s and the j’s, the distinct loop of the q.
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What is "cursive" in Japanese?
"cursive" in Japanese is 筆記体, 草書. cursive means: Flowing and continuous.
How do you pronounce 筆記体?
"cursive" in Japanese is 筆記体, pronounced "hikkitai".
Are there other ways to say "cursive" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "cursive": 筆記体, 草書.
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