How to say "chronicle" in Japanese

• 記きCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)A noun for a written account of events: a history, chronicle, or annals. It fits records of past events set down in writing, such as the annals of a nation or an institution.
  その回想かいそう記きは父ちちに対たいする深ふかい尊敬そんけいに満ち溢みちあふれている。↗

  The memoir breathes the deepest respect for his father.
• クロニクルCommon
  nounThe loanword, a direct borrowing of 'chronicle'. Use it when you want the English term itself — for a chronicle in the Western sense, or in the title of a work or series.
• 書き留めるかきとめるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb: it covers 'to chronicle' in the sense of putting events on record in writing, though its core meaning is simply to write something down or make a note of it.
  私は彼かれの電話番号でんわばんごうを書き留かきとめた。↗

  I wrote down his phone number.

Choose the noun 記 for a written account, history, or annals of events; 「クロニクル」 when you want the Western loanword itself, as in a title; and the verb 「書き留める」 to chronicle events by writing them down.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 記きaccount
• クロニクルchronicle
• 書き留めるかきとめるto write down
• 年代記ねんだいきannals