き
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. account; history; chronicle; annals; record
also written 紀
2. notice; note; as follows
begins a list or details, as in 記....以上
Noun
Abbreviation
3. Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
き
Used in vocabulary (111 in total)
the following
annotation; commentary; explanatory note
vyakarana (assurance of future enlightenment)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
sign; symbol; mark
commendation accompanying the award of a decoration
clear writing; specification
description; account
writing oneself; self-recording (of a machine, instrument, etc.); self-registering
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
multiple entry; listing
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
account of a (sports) game
addition (to a text); additional entry (e.g. to a database)
article; news story; report; account
reporter; journalist
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
medal; badge; insignia
biography; life story
the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki (earliest historical records of Japan)
above-mentioned; above-named; above
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
annals; chronicle; chronology
aforesaid; above-mentioned; said; above
Genesis (book of the Bible)
journal of one's travels
signature; signing one's name; writing one's name (on); registration (of a bond)
fudoki; description of regional climate, culture, etc.
Job (book of the Bible)
war chronicle
notation
keep in mind; take note of; remember
Shiji (first of China's 24 dynastic histories); Records of the Grand Historian
undermentioned (statement); the following; at left
year; years; period; age
biography
almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
posting (of notes, notices, etc.); transcription
Book of Exodus (Bible)
erroneous entry; misentry; slip of the pen; writing down wrongly (a sum, etc.)
castaway story (e.g. Robinson Crusoe); drifter's adventure tale
old chronicle; old record
written commentary on notable events or persons
keeping in mind; taking note of; remembering; taking to heart
guidebook; guide
Leviticus (book of the Bible)
memorization
forecast of the future
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
travel journal
marking; mark; subject (of memo, email, etc.); title
private records or documents
prison diary; diary written in prison
general description; exhaustive listing
Numbers (book of the Bible)
court rank diploma
numeration system; number representation system
Judges (book of the Bible)
Joshua (book of the Bible)
full account
writing a musical score
good memory; retentive memory
Samuel I (book of the Bible)
signified
Footprints in the Snow (1900-1901 novel by Roka Tokutomi)
record of an interview
Samuel II (book of the Bible)
Nehemiah (book of the Bible)
Esther (book of the Bible)
secret records; secret document; secret notes
Ruth (book of the Bible)
Kings I (book of the Bible)
Ezra (book of the Bible)
signifier
diploma; testamur; graduation certificate
memory
Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; Saiyūki (2006 TV series)
Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; Saiyūki (2006 TV series)
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan (1856 report on the 1852-1854 Perry expeditions written by Francis L. Hawks; authorized by Matthew Perry)
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
single-entry (bookkeeping); voting for one person only
abovementioned item; description at beginning of (this) text or document
abovementioned item; description at beginning of (this) text or document
Kings II (book of the Bible)
generic content portion description
document class description
writing in red ink
record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)
colophon (of old Sino-Japanese books)
record of one's struggle
Altered Beast (1989 Sega Arcade game, ported to Mega Drive (Genesis))
Jinkōki (1627 Japanese mathematics text by Yoshida Kōyū)
Innocents Abroad (novel by Mark Twain)
Taiheiki (Japanese historical epic, said to have been written by Kojima Houshi in the 1370s)
An Account of My Hut (1212 collection of essays in the Buddhist eremitic tradition, by Kamo no Chome); The Ten Foot Square Hut
Shōmonki (chronicle of the Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion, ca 940CE)
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Examples (2 in total)
By the way, how many of you keep a diary?
I have kept a diary for three years.