綴つづる

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.

• 「dictionary」はどう綴つづりますか。

  How do you spell "dictionary"?

• 名な前まえをローマ字じで綴つづってください。

  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.

• 祖そ母ぼは旅たび先さきでの出で来き事ごとを手て紙がみに綴つづった。

  My grandmother wrote about what happened on her trip in a letter.

• 彼かの女じょは感かん謝しゃの気き持もちを短みじかい文ぶん章しょうに綴つづった。

  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.

• 会かい議ぎの資し料りょうを日ひ付づけ順じゅんに綴つづる。

  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.

• 布ぬの切きれを綴つづって小ちいさな袋ふくろを作つくった。

  I stitched scraps of cloth together to make a small bag.