切手 (きって, kitte) Japanese meaning: postage stamp | Kotomoraた
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I put a stamp on the letter and dropped it in the mailbox.
Usage patterns
〈物〉に切手を貼るto stick a stamp on something (e.g. an envelope)
I put a stamp on the envelope and mailed it at the post office.
切手を買うto buy stamps
You can buy stamps even at a convenience store.
切手が足りないto not have enough postage
The letter came back because there wasn't enough postage.
〈事〉で商品切手をもらうto receive a merchandise stamp for something (e.g. a promotion or survey)
I filled out the survey and got a merchandise stamp in return.
切手 is the postage stamp itself, while 消印 is the cancellation mark stamped over it to invalidate it.
stamp collecting; philately
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merchandise certificate; trading stamp
Meiji-period oval-design postal stamp
definitive stamp; regular postage stamp
commemorative stamp; special issue stamp
postage stamp
stamp collector; philatelist
