書き取り
Meanings
1
copying written text; transcribing kanji from kana
Refers to the act of writing down text from a written source, or converting kana into kanji as a learning exercise.
We got homework to write kanji from kana.
I memorize kanji through transcription practice.
2
dictation; transcription of speech
Writing down spoken words, as in a dictation exercise or note-taking from audio.
We have an English dictation test.
We take dictation of the sentences the teacher reads aloud.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉の書き取りをするto practice writing/transcribing X (e.g. kanji)
I practice writing kanji every day.
- 書き取りのテストがあるto have a dictation/transcription test
There's a kanji dictation test next week.
- 書き取りが苦手だto be bad at dictation/transcription
He's not good at dictation.