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    3. 書き留める

    書き留める

    書かき​留とめ​る​

    to write down

    KMT10News #36+1Verb, TransitiveLiteratureKanji Vocab27 strokes

    書きとめる書留める書き止める

    かきとめるかきとどめる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to write down, to make a note of, to put on record, to chronicle

    Stroke 0 / 27

    Speed1.0x

    重じゅう要ようなことはメモに書かき留とめておきましょう。

    Let's write down important things in a memo.

    KMT5Daily Life
    電でん話わで聞きいた住じゅう所しょを忘わすれないように、手て帳ちょうに書かき留とめました。

    I wrote down the address I heard on the phone in my planner so I wouldn't forget it.

    KMT7Daily Life
    先せん生せいの講こう義ぎの内ない容ようを、ノートに丁てい寧ねいに書かき留とめました。

    I carefully wrote down the content of the professor's lecture in my notebook.

    KMT8EducationDaily Life
    作さっ家かは、インスピレーションが湧わいたときにすぐにアイデアを書かき留とめる習しゅう慣かんがあります。

    Writers have a habit of immediately writing down ideas when inspiration strikes.

    KMT9LiteratureWork & Career
    彼かれは日ひ々びの出で来き事ごとを日にっ記きに書かき留とめることで、自じ己こ省せい察さつを深ふかめています。

    He deepens his self-reflection by writing down daily events in his diary.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    書
    か.く・-が.き・-がき…(2)
    write
    Kanji
    留
    と.める・と.まる・とど.める・とど.まる・るうぶる…(3)
    detain・fasten・halt・stop
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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