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    3. 代書

    代書

    代だい書しょ

    amanuensis

    KMT8News #26+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab15 strokes

    だいしょ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    amanuensis, scribe

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは手て紙がみの代だい書しょを頼たのまれた。

    He was asked to write a letter on someone's behalf.

    KMT7Daily Life
    役やく所しょでは、書しょ類るいの代だい書しょサービスを提てい供きょうしている。

    The public office provides a document writing service.

    KMT8Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    弁べん護ご士しは依い頼らい人にんのために契けい約やく書しょの代だい書しょを行おこなう。

    Lawyers write contracts on behalf of their clients.

    KMT8Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    高こう齢れい者しゃ向むけの行ぎょう政せい手て続つづきの代だい書しょ支し援えんが増ふえている。

    Support for writing administrative procedures on behalf of the elderly is increasing.

    KMT8Daily LifePolitics & Law
    昔むかしは、文も字じが書かけない人ひとのために代だい書しょ人にんが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっていた。

    In the past, scribes played an important role for people who couldn't write.

    KMT9HistoryEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
    書
    か.く・-が.き・-がき…(2)
    write
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