にて
Meanings
Formal or written equivalent of で when marking the place where an action or event occurs.
The meeting will be held at the head office.
Tickets will be sold at the venue.
Formal use marking the time at which something happens, ends, or takes effect; common in announcements such as 本日正午にて.
Reception will close at 5 p.m.
As of today, this service is discontinued.
Formal or businesslike equivalent of で for the means, method, or medium used to do something.
We will inform you of the details by email.
Please pay in cash.
Literary or old-fashioned connective use after a noun or noun-like predicate, roughly like formal で or であって, sometimes implying a reason or result.
My father was a teacher, and my mother was a nurse.
He was frail, so he could not endure a long journey.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉にてat 〈place〉 (formal)
The meeting will be held at the head office.
- 〈時〉にてas of 〈time〉; at 〈time〉 (formal, marking a deadline or effective moment)
Registration will close as of noon today.
- 〈物〉にてご連絡to contact by means of 〈物〉 (formal)
I will contact you with the details by e-mail.