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綴じる

とじる

to bind (papers) together; to file; to stitch up

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Examples

  1. 資料をまとめて綴じた。

    しりょうをまとめてとじた。

    I bound the documents together.

  2. 紙を綴じるのにホチキスはとても便利です。

    かみをとじるのにホチキスはとてもべんりです。

    A stapler is very handy for fastening papers together.

  3. 議事録は日付順に綴じて、書庫に保管してあります。

    ぎじろくはひづけじゅんにとじて、しょこにほかんしてあります。

    The minutes are filed in date order and kept in the archive.

Common patterns

書類を綴じる
to file documents
ひもで綴じる
to bind with string
綴じ込む
to bind into a file

Memory tip

Same sound as 閉じる (to close), but a different kanji and a different act: 綴じる joins loose sheets into one bundle. The 糸 radical is the giveaway — originally sewing pages together.

Kanji in this word

  • 綴Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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