Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese living room, a woman leans over a sheet of letter paper, holding a fountain pen in a natural writing grip. Its nib touches the paper close beneath her hand, which conceals the marks she is making.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

書かく

kaku

to write

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは手紙てがみを書かいた。

    He wrote a letter.

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  2. 書かく紙かみがない。

    There is no paper to write on.

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  3. 手紙てがみ書かいてね。

    Write me sometime, OK?

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Kanji in 書

  • 書writeOnショKunかく

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