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column, opinion piece, short article
A regular short article or essay in a newspaper, magazine, or website, typically written by a specific author and expressing personal views or expertise.
コラム comes from English "column" and refers specifically to short opinion pieces or regular articles, not to physical columns or spreadsheet columns.
Common collocations
- コラムを書く: to write a column
- コラムを読む: to read a column
- 連載コラム: serialized column, regular column
- コラムニスト: columnist
Usage
In Japanese, コラム refers only to written articles/essays. For a physical pillar, use 柱. For spreadsheet columns, use 列.