書き添える・書添える|かきそえるkakisoeru[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Which spelling to use
書き添える書き添える is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it as your default when writing this word.
書添える書添える is a less common written variant of 書き添える; recognize it when encountered, but beginners should normally choose 書き添える.
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto add; to write a postscript
    一両日いちりょうじつ中ちゅうに上京じょうきょうすると書き添かきそえてあった。↗
    He added that he was coming to town in a day or two.
Conjugation
Dictionary form書き添える(かきそえる)
Polite (masu)書き添えます(かきそえます)
Negative (nai)書き添えない(かきそえない)
polite (masen)書き添えません(かきそえません)
classical zu / nu書き添えず・書き添えぬ(かきそえず・かきそえぬ)
Past (ta)書き添えた(かきそえた)
polite (mashita)書き添えました(かきそえました)
Past negative (nakatta)書き添えなかった(かきそえなかった)
polite (masen deshita)書き添えませんでした(かきそえませんでした)
Te form書き添えて(かきそえて)
Potential書き添えられる(かきそえられる)
Passive書き添えられる(かきそえられる)
Causative書き添えさせる(かきそえさせる)
Causative passive書き添えさせられる(かきそえさせられる)
Conditional (ba)書き添えれば(かきそえれば)
tara書き添えたら(かきそえたら)
Volitional書き添えよう(かきそえよう)
polite (mashou)書き添えましょう(かきそえましょう)
Imperative書き添えろ(かきそえろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym付記ふきWrittenWritten/formal: a note appended after the main text; a noun that suits document formats.
  • Synonym付け足すつけたすCasualColloquial: tacks something onto what already exists; not limited to writing.
  • Synonym付け加えるつけくわえるNeutralAdds an explanation or an item on top of what is there; not limited to writing.
  • Synonym書き足すかきたすNeutralFocuses on writing in what is missing to complete the text — more about filling in insufficient parts than 「書き添える」.
  • Synonym書き加えるかきくわえるNeutralAdds writing onto the original text; very close in use to 「書き添える」.
  • Antonym消すけすNeutralErases or crosses out written characters — the opposite of 「書き添える」 adding a postscript.
  • Antonym省くはぶくNeutralOmits or leaves out unneeded parts — the opposite of adding with 「書き添える」.
  • Antonym削除するWrittenWritten/formal: deleting written content — the opposite of 「書き添える」.

Use 「書き添える」 to add a line alongside a letter or document, as in 「一言書き添える」. To fill in missing content, say 「書き足す」 or 「書き加える」; for a note appended after the main text, 「付記」. The opposite is 「省く」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 不足ふそくを書き足かきたす。書き加かきくわえる。
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