かいつまむ

Also written 掻い摘む, 搔い摘む

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to sum up; to summarize; to summarise (usu. as かいつまんで)

Example sentences

• かいつまんで話せば、彼は初恋の人と結婚したのだ。
  To make a long story short, he married his first love.
• かいつまんで話せば、すべてがうまく行った。
  To make a long story short, everything went fine.

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