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当方 (とうほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

当とう方ほう

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Meanings

1

I; we; our side

formal or literary

Formal first-person pronoun used in business letters, emails, and official documents to refer to the speaker's side or organization. Contrasts with 先方 (the other party).

See also: 先方

当とう方ほうでは、その件けんについて承しょう知ちしておりません。

We are not aware of that matter.

ご依い頼らいの件けん、当とう方ほうにて手て配はいいたします。

Regarding your request, we will make the arrangements.

Usage patterns

当とう方ほうから〈事こと〉についてご連れん絡らくいたしますto contact (someone) about a matter from our side
当とう方ほうから後ご日じつご連れん絡らくいたします。
We will contact you again at a later date.
当とう方ほうは〈事こと〉について責せき任にんを負おいませんour side bears no responsibility for a matter
当とう方ほうは配はい送そう中ちゅうの破は損そんについて責せき任にんを負おいません。
We are not responsible for damage occurring during shipping.
当とう方ほうにて〈事こと〉を確かく認にんいたしますto confirm a matter on our end
当とう方ほうにて内ない容ようを確かく認にんいたします。
We will check the details on our end.
当とう方ほうまで〈物もの〉をお送おくりくださいplease send an item to us
当とう方ほうまで書しょ類るいをお送おくりください。
Please send the documents to us.

Kanji

当hit, right, appropriate
方direction, person, alternative

Related words

弊へい社しゃN1
弊社 is a humble term used specifically to refer to one's own company, while 当方 can refer to an individual, group, or organization more broadly.
こちらN5
こちら is the casual, everyday way to refer to one's own side in conversation, while 当方 is reserved for formal writing such as business letters and official documents.

Opposites

先せん方ぽうN1
当方 refers to the speaker's own side in formal correspondence, while 先方 refers to the other party or addressee.

Word family

当とう方ほう負ふ担たん
at our expense; on our risk

Etymology

Compound of 当 (this, the present) and 方 (side, direction). The reading とうほう follows the on'yomi of both characters.