詩人(しじん)

しじん
noun
poet
1. poet
A person who writes poetry.
彼(かれ)は有名(ゆうめい)な詩人(しじん)だ。
He is a famous poet.
この詩(し)は日本(にほん)の詩人(しじん)によって書(か)かれた。
This poem was written by a Japanese poet.
若(わか)い詩人(しじん)が注目(ちゅうもく)を集(あつ)めている。
A young poet is attracting attention.
その詩人(しじん)は美(うつく)しい自然(しぜん)の中(なか)で多(おお)くの作品(さくひん)を書(か)いた。
That poet wrote many works amid beautiful nature.
詩人(しじん)は言葉(ことば)を通(とお)して世界(せかい)を表現(ひょうげん)する。彼(かれ)らの感性(かんせい)は時代(じだい)を超(こ)えて人々(ひとびと)の心(こころ)に響(ひび)く。
Poets express the world through words. Their sensibility resonates in people's hearts across generations.

詩人(しじん) refers specifically to a poet, someone who writes 詩(し) (poetry).

RELATED OCCUPATIONS:

  • 作家(さっか) (writer, author)
  • 小説家(しょうせつか) (novelist)
  • 歌人(かじん) (waka poet - traditional Japanese poetry)
  • 俳人(はいじん) (haiku poet)

COUNTER: 人(にん) for counting poets

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Related: 作家(さっか) (writer)
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Added 2026.1.11 22:40 · Revised 2026.2.27 22:51
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