記す

しるす · shirusu · JLPT N1 · verb-godan

to write down

📝 言 (word) + 己 (self): words you write down for yourself = to note

言 means speech or words, and 己 supplies the sound ki and hints at self. Jotting words down for your own later use gives 記す, to note or write down.

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