Illustration: At a low table beside an apartment window, an older woman carefully composes a personal letter with a fountain pen. View the sheet at a shallow angle from its far side, with her writing hand covering the pen's contact point so no written marks are visible.

したためる

shitatameru

to write, to draw up

Usually written in kana; used for letters and documents. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは遺書いしょをしたためた。
He has drawn up a will.
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手紙てがみをしたためました。
I’ve written a letter.
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彼女かのじょは自みずからが訪たずねた人々ひとびとのことを本ほんにしたためた。
She wrote the book about people she visited.
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