Word details

かいつまむ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word かいつまむ.

Dictionary

Entry

いつまむ掻い摘む搔い摘むTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #22690
1

Usu. as かいつまんで

to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

Examples
かいつまんで話せば、すべてがうまく行った。
To make a long story short, everything went fine.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

scratch, rake, comb, paddle, behead

11 strokes

On

ソウ

Kun

か.く

pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize

14 strokesFrequency 564JLPT N1Grade 8

On

テキ

Kun

つ.む

Nanori

つむ

to scratch

12 strokes

On

ソウ

Kun

か.く

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