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    3. 綴じる

    綴じる

    綴とじ​る​

    to bind

    N1KMT9CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeFood & DiningKanji Vocab18 strokes

    とじる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to bind, to file
    2.
    to finish (a dish) by pouring beaten egg into the broth
    word usually written using kana alonefood, cooking
    3.
    to sew up, to stitch together
    dated term

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    書しょ類るいをホッチキスで綴とじる。

    Bind the documents with a stapler.

    KMT7Daily LifeWork & Career
    報ほう告こく書しょはきちんと綴とじて提てい出しゅつしてください。

    Please bind and submit the report properly.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    昔むかしの書しょ物もつは、糸いとで丁てい寧ねいに綴とじられていた。

    Old books were carefully bound with thread.

    KMT9HistoryArt & Design
    丼どんぶりの具ぐ材ざいを卵たまごで綴とじて、親おや子こ丼どんを作つくった。

    I made oyakodon by binding the bowl's ingredients with egg.

    KMT9Food & DiningDaily Life
    大たい切せつな手て紙がみは、アルバムに綴とじて保ほ存ぞんしている。

    I keep important letters bound in an album for preservation.

    KMT9Daily LifeHome & Housing

    Characters that make up this word

    綴
    と.じる・つづ.る・つづり・すみ.やか…(4)
    compose・spell・write・bind (books)
    Kanji
    じ
    ji
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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