JLPT N2 · Noun

書留 (kakitome)

書留 (かきとめ, kakitome) is a Japanese noun meaning “registered mail; registered post”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かきとめ
Romaji: kakitome
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail) · noun, noun taking の · abbreviation
(putting on) record; writing down; noting down; registry · noun

Example sentences

この手紙は紛失するといけないから、書留にするがよい。

You had better get this letter registered for fear it should be lost.

Tatoeba #221330

君の新しい電話番号を手帳にかきとめさせてくれ。

Let me put down your new phone number in my notebook.

Tatoeba #178186

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 書留

writeショ・か.く・-が.き · 10 strokes

detain, fasten, haltリュウ・ル・と.める・と.まる · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 書留.

書くかくto write辞書じしょdictionary葉書はがきpostcard図書館としょかんlibrary書斎しょさいstudy書物しょもつbook書類しょるいdocument読書どくしょreading (books)図書としょbooks教科書きょうかしょtextbook書取かきとりwriting down from other written material書籍しょせきbook書店しょてんbookshop書道しょどうcalligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

Source: JMdict entry 1589960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.