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書き出し (かきだし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

書かき出だし

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Meanings

1

noun

beginning of a text; opening passage

Refers to the first sentence, paragraph, or section of a written work. Common in contexts like essays, articles, and stories.

この小しょう説せつの書かき出だしはとても印いん象しょう的てきだ。
The opening of this novel is very striking.
作さく文ぶんの書かき出だしに何なにを書かけばいいか分わからない。
I don't know what to write for the beginning of my essay.

Written forms

書かき出だしUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
書かきだしUsage7%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for readability.
書かき出だしUsage3%
Less common variant; acceptable but 書き出し is preferred.

Kanji

書

2

noun

written claim; bill

dated term

Dated term for a formal written demand or invoice. Rare in modern usage; now usually expressed with 請求書 or similar.

昔むかしは、書かき出だしを送おくって支し払はらいを求もとめたものだ。
In the old days, they used to send a written claim to demand payment.

write

出exit, leave, go out

Similar words

書かき始はじめ
書き始め also means 'beginning of writing' but focuses more on the act of starting to write, while 書き出し emphasizes the resulting opening text.
冒ぼう頭とう
冒頭 is a more formal term for the opening of a speech, document, or story, often used in literary or official contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 書き (kaki, 'writing', continuative form of 書く) + 出し (dashi, 'taking out', continuative form of 出す). Literally 'writing out', it came to mean the beginning of a written piece.