Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 届ける · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 届とど ける 届とど けない Polite 届とど けます 届とど けません Past polite 届とど けました 届とど けませんでした Past 届とど けた 届とど けなかった Te-form 届とど けて 届とど けないで Desire 届とど けたい 届とど けたくない Potential 届とど けられる also 届とど けれる 届とど けられない also 届とど けれない Passive 届とど けられる 届とど けられない Causative 届とど けさせる 届とど けさせない Causative passive 届とど けさせられる 届とど けさせられない Volitional 届とど けよう Polite volitional 届とど けましょう Imperative 届とど けろ 届とど けるな Conditional 届とど ければ 届とど けなければ Tara conditional 届とど けたら 届とど けなかったら
Pairs with 届く › Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 〈 人ひと 〉 に 届とど ける to deliver something to someone
The florist delivered the bouquet to her.
警けい 察さつ に 届とど ける to report something to the police
I reported the lost item to the police.
〈 物もの 〉 を 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 届とど ける to deliver something to a place
I had the package delivered to my home.
役やく 所しょ に 届とど ける to file/register something with a public office
We registered our marriage with the city office.
Transitive / intransitive Related words· 6 送る simply means to send something, whereas 届ける emphasizes making sure it actually reaches the recipient or destination.
届け出る is the more formal, narrower term for filing an official report, while 届ける can mean this or simply deliver something physically.
渡す means to hand something over directly to a person, while 届ける implies transporting it to reach someone or somewhere.
届ける means delivering something to one specific person or place, whereas 配る implies distributing to many recipients at once.
Show 2 more Show fewer 届ける means to deliver something to its destination (which can be by mail or courier), whereas 手渡す specifically means giving it directly into someone's hands.
届ける is an everyday verb for delivering something to a person or place, while 納入 is a formal term used for business or institutional deliveries.
Word family· 19 report; notification; filing
watch until the end; see with one's own eyes; make sure of
send; deliver; escort
report; notify; file a report
delivery destination; receiver's address; consignee
Show 10 more Show fewer birth registration; birth notification
delivery
registered seal; bank seal
written report; notification; notice
delivery; parcel; present
unreported; not officially registered; failing to report
without notice; without permission; without leave · unregistered; unreported; not filed
notice of absence; mail hold request · missed-delivery notice
gift; present; tip · bribe
report; notification
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Written forms 届とど ける Usage 93%
Standard modern kanji spelling for both delivering something and filing or reporting something.
とどける Usage 7%
屆とど ける
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji form using 屆 ; useful for recognizing older texts but not used in normal modern writing.
Etymology The verb is closely related to 届く , 'to reach; to arrive', as a transitive Ichidan verb meaning to make something reach someone or to submit a notice. The kanji 届 is conventionally associated with reaching, delivery, and notification; the detailed historical derivation is not specified.
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