記録|きろくkiroku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrecord; document; minutes; log; recording; putting on record; keeping a record (of); writing down
   今年ことしになってやっとこれらの記録きろくがみんなに利用りようできるようになった。↗

   It was not until this year that these documents were made available to the public.

   無言むごんが記録きろくされたためしはない。↗

   No silence was ever written down.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrecord (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
   日本にっぽんの貿易ぼうえき黒字くろじは史上しじょう最高さいこうを記録きろくしました。↗

   Japan's trade surplus soared to a record high.

   この種たねは長距離ちょうきょり移動いどうの記録きろくを持もっています。↗

   This species holds the record for long-distance migration.

• Synonym記きWrittenWritten prose for a written account or chronicle, mostly as a suffix as in 「旅行記」. On its own it is far less common than 「記録」.
• Synonym採録さいろくWrittenA written-style word for selecting material and then recording or collecting it, as in 「方言を採録する」. 「記録」 carries no nuance of selection.
• Synonym記すしるすWrittenA native verb with a written tone, meaning to write or note down, as in 「名前を記す」. 「記録」 puts more weight on keeping something for reference.
• Synonym筆記ひっきNeutralWriting by hand on paper or in a notebook; it stresses the manner of writing, as in 「筆記用具」. 「記録」 is not limited to handwriting and covers audio and video.
• Synonym記載きさいFormalFormal: writing something into a document, newspaper or the like, as in 「記載事項」; the point is where it is stated. 「記録」 is about keeping it.
• Synonym収録しゅうろくNeutralPutting works into a book or magazine, or recording a program, audio or video. 「記録」 can also mean a sports record, which 「収録」 cannot.
• Synonym書き留めるかきとめるNeutralWriting something down so as not to forget it, as in 「メモに書き留める」; personal memo-taking. 「記録」 can be a formal archived record.
• Synonym書き付けるかきつけるNeutralA verb for jotting something down as a memo; it stresses the act of writing. 「記録」 is both a noun and a 「する」 verb, and its point is keeping a record.
• Synonym録するろくするWrittenA written, classical-flavoured verb meaning the same as 「記録する」 but rarely used today; in everyday speech just say 「記録する」.
• Synonym記するきするWrittenHeavily classical: to write something down, and also to keep it in mind; rarely used today. For everyday writing use 「記す」 or 「記録する」.
• Synonym筆録ひつろくFormalFormal: writing down talk or events in text, or the written record itself. 「記録」 is not limited to text and can be audio or video.
• Related文書ぶんしょWrittenA general written-style term for documents and letters written in text; the emphasis is on the written medium itself. 「記録」 stresses content kept for later use.
• Related書き込みかきこみNeutralWriting added in a blank space or form, posting online, or writing data to storage. 「記録」 is about keeping something on record for later reference.
• RelatedドキュメントNeutralA loanword for documents and documentation, also documentary films; common in computing and technical contexts. 「記録」 has a much wider range of use.
• Related書類しょるいNeutralPapers and documents used in procedures and at work, as in 「書類を提出する」. 「記録」 is about the content that has been written or recorded.
• Related書き入れるかきいれるNeutralAdding writing in blank spaces or between the lines, or filling in required items on a form. 「記録」 does not stress where something is written.
• Related書付かきつけWrittenA written note, slip or bill; in old use also official papers. A dated, written-style word, while 「記録」 is what you write or record in order to keep it.
• Related書き物かきものNeutralA piece of writing or the act of writing in general, with no stress on keeping it. 「記録」 is content kept for the record and also means a sports record.
• Antonym未記録WrittenThe state of not yet being recorded or not being on file; the opposite of the recorded state that 「記録」 describes.

Use 「記録」 for writing or recording something to keep it, and for sports records. For jotting something down say 「書き留める」; for writing into a document say 「記載」; the documents themselves are 「文書」 or 「書類」; including works in a publication or recording a program is 「収録」. The rest differ in register or focus: 「筆記」 is handwriting, 「ドキュメント」 is technical, 「記す」 and the classical 「記する」「録する」 are written style, and 「未記録」 means not on record.

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

1. 後あとに役立やくだつように残のこすための、または結果けっかとして残のこった、何なんかの記述きじゅつや、音声おんせい、映像えいぞうなどの複製ふくせい。
2. 語義ごぎ1のようなものを作成さくせいすること。
3. 競技きょうぎなどの成績せいせき、観測かんそくなどの結果けっか。特とくに、その最高さいこうのもの。
4. 語義ごぎ3のようなものを生み出うみだすこと。
5. のちに役立やくだつように残のこすために、何なんかの記述きじゅつや、音声おんせい、映像えいぞうなどの複製ふくせいを作成さくせいする。
6. 成績せいせきや観測かんそく結果けっかといった定量的ていりょうてきな指標しひょうにおいて、ある結果けっかを、とりわけ特筆とくひつすべきような結果けっかを生み出うみだす。