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書き留める is an exact match with one form of the following word:
書きとめる
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Reading : かきとめる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to write down; to leave a note behind; to record; to chronicle
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 50,026 which gives a rank of 27,417
書きとめる is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 222,000 (about 116,000 results)
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
ようきゅう
要求
された
ようにその
じゅうしょ
住所
めた

She wrote down the name and address as requested.
かれ
じゅうしょ
住所
おし
えてくれた
ですあいにく
わたし
それ
めておく
かみ
っていなかった
です
He told me his address, but unfortunately I had no paper to write it down on.
このプロジェクト
きょねん
去年
あるパーティーナプキン
めた
そうあん
草案
から
まれた

This project grew out of a sketch I made on a napkin at a party last year.
書き留める
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Readings : かきとめる    かきとどめる   
書き留める can be read in 2 ways: かきとめる (70%), かきとどめる (30%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 195,000 (about 301,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 36 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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書き止める
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Reading : かきとめる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 29,000 (about 21,200,000 results)
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かきとどめる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 205,000 (about 219,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 36 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ル   リュウ   とめる to detain   とまる to stop   
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hare   う sign of the hare   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
high-priced, lofty   
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side open box
seal
デン   た rice field   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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