Usages of hikae
控え が ない と あと で 困る かも しれない ので、 写真 も 撮って おきました。hikae ga nai to ato de komaru kamo sirenai node, syasin mo totte okimasita.
I might have trouble later if I don’t have the copy, so I took a picture of it too.
契約書 の 控え は なくさない よう に ファイル に 挟んで おきます。keiyakusyo no hikae ha nakusanai you ni fairu ni hasande okimasu.
I keep the copy of the contract in a file so that I won’t lose it.
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