届(とど)け

とどけ

noun

notification; report; delivery

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See also: 届出(とどけで) (formal form)

1. notification; report; registration form

A formal notice or document submitted to authorities or organizations.

退職届(たいしょくとどけ)を出(だ)す。

Submit a resignation notice.

婚姻届(こんいんとどけ)を提出(ていしゅつ)した。

I submitted a marriage registration.

欠席届(けっせきとどけ)を先生(せんせい)に渡(わた)した。

I handed the absence notification to the teacher.

2. delivery (usually with polite お-)

The delivery of goods to a customer. In this sense the word almost always takes the polite prefix お-, especially in business use.

お届(とど)け先(さき)の住所(じゅうしょ)を書(か)いてください。

Please write the delivery address.

商品(しょうひん)のお届(とど)けは三日後(みっかご)になります。

The item will be delivered in three days.

新聞(しんぶん)のお届(とど)けが遅(おく)れて申(もう)し訳(わけ)ございません。

We apologize that your newspaper was delivered late.

Types

婚姻届(こんいんとどけ) - marriage registration
出生届(しゅっせいとどけ) - birth registration
死亡届(しぼうとどけ) - death registration
退職届(たいしょくとどけ) - resignation notice
転居届(てんきょとどけ) - change of address notification
欠席届(けっせきとどけ) - absence notification
不在届(ふざいとどけ) - notice of absence

Forms

届出(とどけで) - notification, registration (more formal)
届(とど)ける - to deliver, to report (verb)
届(とど)く - to reach, to arrive (intransitive verb)

Common collocations

届(とど)けを出(だ)す - to submit a notification
届(とど)けを受(う)け取(と)る - to receive a report

Usage

When used as a suffix (婚姻届(こんいんとどけ), etc.), it refers to official documents. In the delivery sense (sense 2), the word is almost always お届(とど)け, a polite form used by shops and delivery services: お届(とど)け先(さき) (delivery address), お届(とど)け日(び) (delivery date).

Related Words

Related: 届出(とどけで) (notification/registration)

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Added 2026.1.20 17:47 · Revised 2026.10.11 23:07

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