綴る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 綴る | 綴らない |
| Polite | 綴ります | 綴りません |
| Past polite | 綴りました | 綴りませんでした |
| Past | 綴った | 綴らなかった |
| Te-form | 綴って | 綴らないで |
| Desire | 綴りたい | 綴りたくない |
| Potential | 綴れる | 綴れない |
| Passive | 綴られる | 綴られない |
| Causative | 綴らせる | 綴らせない |
| Causative passive | 綴らせられるalso 綴らされる | 綴らせられないalso 綴らされない |
| Volitional | 綴ろう | |
| Polite volitional | 綴りましょう | |
| Imperative | 綴れ | 綴るな |
| Conditional | 綴れば | 綴らなければ |
| Tara conditional | 綴ったら | 綴らなかったら |
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
spell; write out letter by letter
Used for spelling a word or name by arranging its letters or characters in order. Often appears with ローマ字, 英語, or a quoted word.
How do you spell "dictionary"?
Please spell your name in roman letters.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
write; compose; put into words
Means to write or compose by choosing and arranging words, especially for letters, essays, memories, feelings, or prose. It is more expressive and literary than the very general 書く, and can include the idea of framing wording carefully.
My grandmother wrote about what happened on her trip in a letter.
She put her feelings of gratitude into a short piece of writing.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
bind; file together
Physical use for gathering and fastening papers or documents together. In everyday modern Japanese, 綴じる is also very common for this action, but 綴る is attested and understandable in document-handling contexts.
Bind the meeting materials in date order.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
stitch together; sew together; patch
Less common physical use for joining or mending pieces of cloth or similar material by stitching. Modern Japanese often uses 縫い合わせる or 繕う depending on the situation.
I stitched scraps of cloth together to make a small bag.
Please spell your name in Roman letters.
He wrote his feelings for his late wife in a letter.
It's my habit to write in my diary every night.
I bound the submitted documents into a file.
She stitched old scraps of cloth together to make a cushion.
write down; put into writing; compose in writing