Composition
Writing, Essay
noun, verbal noun
When you make writing, what are you doing? Simply put, you're writing. If you want to be fancier about it, you could say this is composition.
Note that 作文 often refers to the end result of a writing process, like a finished essay, rather than the writing process itself. It’s also commonly associated with various writing tasks assigned to students in Japanese elementary or middle school.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. Since both 文 and 作 have two on'yomi readings, here's a mnemonic to help you remember which ones to use:
You can't stop writing compositions about sacks 'n' buns (さくぶん). You're obsessed with them. You've been writing essay after essay about sacks 'n' buns. Stop writing about sacks 'n' buns!
作文コンテスト
an essay writing contest
作文トレーニング
training in essay writing
作文コンクール
an essay writing contest
作文のトレーニング
training in essay writing
作文のテーマ
subject of a composition
作文のテスト
a writing test
作文をかく
to write a composition
作文を作る
to compose a composition
作文をよむ
to read a composition
七才の男の子の作文が本になった。
A seven-year-old boy's essay became a book.
一年生の作文クラスで「お花見」をテーマに作文をした。
In first grade writing class, we wrote on the theme of "cherry blossom viewing".
作文のエラーは太い赤ペンで正しました。
I corrected composition errors with a fat red pen.