書かき綴つづる

書き綴る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	書かき綴つづる	書かき綴つづらない
Polite	書かき綴つづります	書かき綴つづりません
Past polite	書かき綴つづりました	書かき綴つづりませんでした
Past	書かき綴つづった	書かき綴つづらなかった
Te-form	書かき綴つづって	書かき綴つづらないで
Desire	書かき綴つづりたい	書かき綴つづりたくない
Potential	書かき綴つづれる	書かき綴つづれない
Passive	書かき綴つづられる	書かき綴つづられない
Causative	書かき綴つづらせる	書かき綴つづらせない
Causative passive	書かき綴つづらせられるalso 書かき綴つづらされる	書かき綴つづらせられないalso 書かき綴つづらされない
Volitional	書かき綴つづろう
Polite volitional	書かき綴つづりましょう
Imperative	書かき綴つづれ	書かき綴つづるな
Conditional	書かき綴つづれば	書かき綴つづらなければ
Tara conditional	書かき綴つづったら	書かき綴つづらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

write down; put into writing; compose in writing

Implies carefully writing something out, often with attention to wording or detail. More deliberate than 書く.

彼かれは旅たびの思おもい出でを日にっ記きに書かき綴つづった。
He wrote down his travel memories in his diary.
彼かの女じょは感かん謝しゃの気き持もちを手て紙がみに書かき綴つづった。
She put her feelings of gratitude into writing in a letter.

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Kanji

書write
綴compose, spell, write

Related words

書かく
書く is the general verb for 'to write'. 書き綴る adds a nuance of carefully composing or spelling out something in writing.
綴つづる
綴る alone can mean 'to spell', 'to compose', or 'to patch together'. 書き綴る combines this with 書く, emphasizing the act of writing out a composed text.

Built from

書かく+綴つづる

Written forms

書かき綴つづるUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling. 綴る means 'to spell' or 'to compose', giving a nuance of carefully writing something out.
書かきつづるUsage23%
search-only kanji form
かきつづるUsage1%
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially when the kanji 綴 is not well known.

Etymology

Compound of 書き (continuative form of 書く 'to write') + 綴る ('to spell, compose, patch together'). The combination emphasizes writing something out in a composed or detailed manner.