Illustration: In a small Japanese home kitchen, an older cook holds a measuring spoon above a simmering pot while explaining a recipe to an adult grandchild. The grandchild hastily takes a pocket notebook from an apron and presses a pencil to its page, raising one finger to ask the cook to pause.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

書かき留とめる

kakitomeru

to write down

Example sentences

  1. 書かき留とめてください。

    Please write it down.

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  2. 私わたしはノートにそれを書かき留とめた。

    I wrote it down in my notebook.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは先生せんせいの言いう言葉ことばをすべて書かき留とめようとした。

    She tried to take down every word the teacher said.

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Kanji in 書留

  • 書writeOnショKunかく
  • 留detain; fastenOnリュウ・ルKunとめる・とまる・とどめる

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