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日記をつける (にっきをつける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日にっ記きをつける

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

keep a diary; write in a diary

The standard expression for maintaining a personal diary or journal. 日記をつける is the most natural collocation.

毎まい晩ばん、寝ねる前まえに日にっ記きをつけている。
I keep a diary every night before bed.
旅りょ行こう中ちゅうは毎まい日にち日にっ記きをつけるようにし

て

いる

。

I try to write in my diary every day while traveling.

Written forms

日にっ記きをつける
Standard kana spelling for the verb part; the most common way to write this expression.
日にっ記きを付つける
Kanji spelling using 付ける, which is also correct but less common than the kana form.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
記scribe, account, narrative
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

日にっ記きを書かく
Also means 'to write a diary', but 日記をつける is the more idiomatic and common expression for the habit of keeping a diary.

Etymology

A set phrase combining 日記 (diary) with the verb つける (to attach, to keep a record). The use of つける in the sense of 'keeping a record' is well-established in Japanese.