筆談

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 筆談 is read as ひつだん and means communicating through writing instead of spoken conversation.
• Basic usage: It is used when people converse on paper where voices cannot carry or confirm a meeting place in writing.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• As an action
  • 筆談する means communicating with one another by writing on paper or another surface. Example: 声が届かない場所で紙を使って筆談した。
• As the means
  • In 筆談で確認する, で marks written conversation as the means used to confirm the meeting place. Example: 二人は筆談で待ち合わせ場所を確認した。