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; reaching

The act of delivering something to its destination or the state of having reached someone.

荷物(にもつ)の届(とど)けが届(とど)いた。

The package delivery arrived.

声(こえ)の届(とど)けが人(ひと)の心(こころ)を動(うご)かす。

The delivery of one's voice moves people's hearts.

被災地(ひさいち)への支援物資(しえんぶっし)の届(とど)けが遅(おく)れている。

The delivery of relief supplies to the disaster area is delayed.

Common document 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. The standalone use for "delivery" (sense 2) is less common in modern usage.

Related Words

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

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Added 2026.1.20 17:47 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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