noun
communications (post, telegraph, etc.)
Historical term for postal and telegraph services, used in pre-1949 contexts.
逓信省は戦前の通信行政を担っていた。
The Ministry of Communications handled pre-war communications administration.
noun
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved 1949)
Abbreviation of 逓信省, the historical ministry overseeing communications and transportation.
See also: 逓信省
逓信は1949年に廃止された。
The Ministry of Communications was abolished in 1949.
Compound of 逓 (relay, transmit) and 信 (message, trust), referring to the relay of messages. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is now obsolete outside historical contexts.