書き込む・書きこむ|かきこむkakikomu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

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書き込む書き込む is the most common form, written with kanji and kana. It is used for filling in fields or forms and for posting messages.
書きこむ書きこむ is a less common written variant, also using kanji and kana. It can be used for the same purposes, including filling in fields or forms and posting messages.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form)
    日付ひづけは自分じぶんで書き込かきこみなさい。↗
    Write in the date yourself.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board)
  3. godan verb, transitive verbto store
  4. godan verb, transitive verb, computingto write (data); to flash
Conjugation
Dictionary form書き込む(かきこむ)
Polite (masu)書き込みます(かきこみます)
Negative (nai)書き込まない(かきこまない)
polite (masen)書き込みません(かきこみません)
classical zu / nu書き込まず・書き込まぬ(かきこまず・かきこまぬ)
Past (ta)書き込んだ(かきこんだ)
polite (mashita)書き込みました(かきこみました)
Past negative (nakatta)書き込まなかった(かきこまなかった)
polite (masen deshita)書き込みませんでした(かきこみませんでした)
Te form書き込んで(かきこんで)
Potential書き込める(かきこめる)
Passive書き込まれる(かきこまれる)
Causative書き込ませる(かきこませる)
Causative passive書き込ませられる・書き込まされる(かきこませられる・かきこまされる)
Conditional (ba)書き込めば(かきこめば)
tara書き込んだら(かきこんだら)
Volitional書き込もう(かきこもう)
polite (mashou)書き込みましょう(かきこみましょう)
Imperative書き込め(かきこめ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym書き入れるかきいれるNeutralWrites or fills something into a blank space. 「書き込む」 also covers posting messages online and writing data to storage.
  • Related埋めるうめるNeutralMeans to fill up or fill in completely, as in 「空欄を埋める」「穴を埋める」; fine in speech and writing. 「書き込む」 centers on putting text in.
  • Antonym削除さくじょNeutralDeletion — removing written content or data, the opposite of 「書き込む」.
  • Antonym読み出すよみだすWrittenWritten/formal term for reading data out of storage — the reverse of 「書き込む」, which writes data in.

Use 「書き込む」 for filling in fields, posting online, or writing data, as in 「掲示板に書き込む」. Choose 「書き入れる」 for adding text in blank spaces and 「埋める」 for filling blanks completely; 「削除」 and 「読み出す」 are its opposites.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 書き加かきくわえる。記入きにゅうする。
  2. コンピューターの記憶媒体きおくばいたいにデータを入いれる。
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