Illustration: At a Japanese bank consultation counter, a customer presses a short cylindrical personal seal onto the designated area of a document. Their fingers and the seal conceal the impression, while the rest of the paper is viewed from its unmarked reverse.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

印いん鑑かん

inkan

personal seal

Example sentences

  1. ここに印鑑いんかんを押おして下ください。

    Please put your seal here.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. こちらに印鑑いんかんかサインをお願ねがいします。

    Your seal or signature here, please.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 印鑑いんかんを盗用とうようする

    use someone’s seal without permission

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 印鑑

  • 印mark; stampOnインKunしるし・しるす
  • 鑑specimen; take warning fromOnカンKunかんがみる・かがみ

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