作家

Noun

 * 1) author; writer
 * 2)  connoisseur
 * 1)  connoisseur

Usage notes
While writer and author can both be translated as or  depending on the context, the former term can only refer to a writer who is relatively well-established, while the latter term can refer to any person who writes a text. shares the same meaning as. is usually used self-reflexively.

Verb

 * 1)  to do housework
 * 2)  to be frugal

Noun

 * 1) writer
 * 2) artist, potter

Derived terms

 * 映画作家
 * 閨秀作家
 * 劇作家
 * 新進作家
 * 女流作家
 * 創作家
 * 著作家
 * 童話作家
 * 人気作家
 * 流行作家