宅急便(たっきゅうびん)

たっきゅうびん
noun
home delivery service; courier service
1. home delivery service; courier service; parcel delivery
A door-to-door parcel delivery service. Originally a brand name of Yamato Transport, but widely used as a generic term for home delivery services in Japan.
宅急便(たっきゅうびん)で荷物(にもつ)を送(おく)る。
Send a package by courier.
宅急便(たっきゅうびん)の届(とど)け先(さき)を変更(へんこう)したい。
I'd like to change the delivery address for the courier package.
不在(ふざい)で宅急便(たっきゅうびん)を受(う)け取(と)れなかったので、再配達(さいはいたつ)を頼(たの)んだ。
I wasn't home and couldn't receive the delivery, so I requested redelivery.

USAGE:
Originally a registered trademark of 大和(やまと)運輸(うんゆ) (Yamato Transport), but used colloquially as a generic term for home delivery services. The generic term is 宅配便(たくはいびん), but 宅急便(たっきゅうびん) is more commonly heard in everyday conversation.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 宅急便(たっきゅうびん)で送(おく)る (to send by courier)
  • 宅急便(たっきゅうびん)が届(とど)く (a delivery arrives)
  • 宅急便(たっきゅうびん)の再配達(さいはいたつ) (redelivery of a courier package)
  • 宅急便(たっきゅうびん)を受(う)け取(と)る (to receive a delivery)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 宅配便(たくはいびん): home delivery service — the generic, non-branded term
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