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書留 (kakitome) Japanese meaning: registered mail | Kotomora
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かき
留とめ
で
送おく
っ
て
ください
。
Please send the important documents by registered mail.
I bought a registered-cash-mail envelope at the post office.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 書かき 留とめ で 送おく る to send something by registered mail
I sent the important documents by registered mail.
書かき 留とめ にする to have (mail) sent as registered mail
Just to be safe, please send this letter as registered mail.
書かき 留とめ で 〈 物もの 〉 が 届とど く for something to arrive via registered mail
Last week a package arrived from my parents' house by registered mail.
Opposites 普通郵便 is ordinary, unregistered mail sent without tracking or compensation, in contrast to 書留, which offers both.
Don't confuse with 速達 is expedited (faster) mail delivery, while 書留 is registered mail with tracking and loss compensation but not necessarily faster.
書き留める is the verb meaning 'to jot down; to note down', while 書留 is a noun (usually meaning registered mail, or more rarely a written record) despite the similar spelling.
Written forms 書かき 留とめ Usage 99%
High-priority standard spelling, especially for the postal term 'registered mail'.
書か き 留と め Usage 1%
irregular okurigana
Okurigana spelling marked irregular; practically more transparent for the 'writing down; written record' sense than for the postal term.
書かき 留と め
irregular okurigana
Attested irregular okurigana variant; uncommon in ordinary modern writing.
Etymology Built from 書 'write' and 留 'keep; retain'. The postal meaning is understood as an abbreviation of 書留郵便, mail that is officially recorded or registered.
registered mail for sending cash
simplified registered mail; recorded delivery
