Translation guide
A letterbox is a slot or box for receiving mail, typically at a home or building. In Japanese, the most common equivalent is 郵便受け (yūbin'uke), but the specific term depends on the type and location.
letterbox (at home)
letterbox (public postbox)
The opening or container at a house or apartment where mail is delivered.
General term for a mailbox or letterbox at a home. Can refer to a slot in the door or a box attached to the wall.
There was a letter in the letterbox.
Commonly used for a personal mailbox, especially a standalone box. Also means 'post' as in mail system.
Literally 'mail box'. Less common in daily speech; more formal or written.
A red or blue box on the street where you deposit outgoing mail.
A flap or opening in a door for mail delivery.
Specifies a letterbox built into the door.
The set of mailboxes in the lobby of an apartment building.
郵便受け is the most general term for a letterbox at a residence. ポスト can mean either a personal mailbox or a public postbox, so context is important. For public postboxes, 郵便ポスト is unambiguous.
In everyday conversation, ポスト alone often refers to the red public postboxes. If you say ポストに入れる, it usually means putting mail in a public postbox.
There's a letterbox in front of the house.
Please check the letterbox.
Specifically a public postbox. Often shortened to ポスト in context.
I'm going to drop this letter in the postbox on the corner.
In context, can mean a public postbox. Often red in Japan.
Put this letter in the postbox.
The newspaper fell out of the letterbox in the door.
Technical term for a mail slot. Used in product descriptions or architecture.
This door has a letterbox.
The letterboxes are on the first floor.
Loanword from English, used for individual mailboxes in a shared area.
When I opened my letterbox, there was a package inside.