(とど)ける

とどける
verb (ichidan)
to deliver
1. to deliver, to send
To take something to its destination or recipient.
荷物(にもつ)(とど)けてください。
Please deliver the package.
友達(ともだち)にプレゼントを(とど)けた。
I delivered a present to my friend.
に marks the recipient
(わす)(もの)(とど)けてくれて、ありがとう。
Thank you for bringing me the thing I forgot.
2. to report, to notify (authorities)
To officially inform or register with authorities.
警察(けいさつ)(とど)ける。
Report to the police.
'Report' meaning
()()しの(とど)けを()さなければならない。
I have to file a moving notification.
(とど)けを()す = file a report/notification
()とし(もの)交番(こうばん)(とど)けた。
I turned in the lost item to the police box.
Can mean both 'deliver' and 'report' here

TRANSITIVITY: 他動詞(たどうし) (transitive). Pair: (とど)く (intransitive, to arrive). Pattern: Xを Yに(とど)ける (deliver X to Y).

ASPECT: ている indicates completed action. (とど)けている = 'has delivered.'

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 荷物(にもつ)(とど)ける (deliver a package)
  • プレゼントを(とど)ける (deliver a present)
  • (とど)() (notification, report—noun)
  • (とど)けを()す (file a report)
  • 警察(けいさつ)(とど)ける (report to police)

CONTRAST:

  • (とど)ける (transitive): deliver X
  • (とど)く (intransitive): X arrives

Example pair:

  • 荷物(にもつ)(とど)ける (deliver a package)
  • 荷物(にもつ)(とど)く (package arrives)