1.
mailing address; shipping address; recipient's address
The address to which documents, parcels, or other materials are to be sent. Standard term on shipping labels, order forms, and business correspondence.
Compound of 送付 ('sending; dispatch') and the suffix 先 ('destination; recipient'). The 先 suffix is highly productive and forms 'destination/target' nouns: 連絡先 ('contact address'), 請求先 ('billing address'), 取引先 ('business partner'), 勤務先 ('place of employment').
Usage
Appears on shipping and order forms, in business letters, and in email signatures. In e-commerce it typically refers to the physical shipping address; in business correspondence it may refer to the address to which documents should be mailed.
Common collocations
- 送付先を入力する: to enter the mailing address
- 送付先を指定する: to specify the mailing address
- 送付先を変更する: to change the mailing address
- 送付先を間違える: to get the mailing address wrong
- 送付先住所: the mailing address (line)
- 送付先の確認: confirmation of the mailing address
Similar words
- 宛先: addressee; destination — for any kind of communication, including email
- 住所: address — the address itself, not specifically a destination
- 配送先: delivery address — specifically for physical delivery, common in e-commerce
- 請求先: billing address — contrasted with 送付先 on order forms
- 届け先: delivery destination — more conversational