- 1. [v5m, vt] to sum up; to summarize; to summarise — usu. as かいつまんで (uk)
Kanji in this word
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掻
scratch, rake, comb, paddle, beheadOn: ソウ (sou)Kun: か.く (ka.ku)
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摘
pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarizeOn: テキ (teki)Kun: つ.む (tsu.mu)
Example Sentences
かいつまんで話せば、すべてがうまく行った。
kaitsumande hanase ba , subetegaumaku itta .
To make a long story short, everything went fine.