局留め
Meanings
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poste restante; general delivery; counter collection
A postal service where mail is held at a post office for the recipient to collect, rather than being delivered to an address.
While traveling, I had my mail held at the post office for collection.
If you send it by poste restante, you can receive it reliably.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を局留めにするto have something sent poste restante
I had the package sent poste restante and picked it up at the post office at my destination.
- 局留めで受け取るto pick up mail via poste restante
Since I didn't have a fixed address, I picked up the letter poste restante.