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How to say "Fill in" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Fill in" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Fill in" is "Kinyuu", written in japanese as "記入".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The verbal noun '記入 (きにゅう)' means 'to fill in'. This term refers to the action of writing information into a form, document or other type of field. It implies carefully and accurately inputting data as required. For example: Please fill in all the fields on the form - (フォームの全ての項目に記入してください). He carefully filled in the job application - (彼は就職申請書に丁寧に記入した).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 2 Kanji:

The kanji "記" means "Record" and can be read as "Ki" and "Shiru". And The kanji "入" means "Enter" and can be read as "Nyuu", "Hai", and "I".

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Kinyuu" mean in japanese?

"Kinyuu" means "Fill in" .

To learn more about the kanji in this word, checkout this pages:

What is the Kanji for record?What is the Kanji for enter?

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Fill in" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "る" is read as "ru". The hiragana "に" is read as "ni". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". And The hiragana "い" is read as "i".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.