Usage patterns 当とう 該がい 〈 人ひと 〉 に 通つう 知ち する to notify the person in question
The city sent a notice to the person concerned.
当とう 該がい 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 発はっ 生せい する to occur at the place in question
The accident occurred in the area in question.
当とう 該がい 〈 事こと 〉 に 関かん する 規き 定てい regulations concerning the matter in question
Please check the regulations concerning the matter in question.
Kanji 該 above-stated, the said, that specific Related words· 6 当該 is the strictly formal word for 'the said/relevant' used in official documents, while 当の is a more colloquial way to say 'the very (person/thing) in question'.
同国 specifically means "the said country" already mentioned, while 当該 is a general prenominal word meaning "the said/in question" that can modify any noun.
当該 is a formal bureaucratic term for 'the said/relevant', while 件 (くだん ) is a literary word for referring back to something already mentioned.
当該 is a general formal word meaning 'the said/in question' that can modify any noun, while 同省 specifically refers back to a previously mentioned ministry.
Show 2 more Show fewer 当該 is a formal, legal/administrative term for 'the said' item and can stand more independently, whereas 当 is a bound prefix attached to a noun.
当該 is a more formal administrative/legal term for 'the relevant/said', close to the news-style 'aforementioned' sense of 同 in compounds like 同社 .
Don't confuse with 当該 and 該当 share the same two kanji reversed, but 当該 is a no-adjective meaning 'the said/relevant' that modifies a noun, while 該当 is a verb/noun meaning 'to fall under/be applicable'.
当該 means 'the said/aforementioned' and modifies a noun (当該事項 ), while 本件 stands alone as a noun meaning 'this case'.
当該 is a formal modifier meaning 'the relevant/said' that identifies what is being referred to, whereas 当事 specifically implies being directly involved as a party in the matter.
Etymology Compound of 当 (this, the present) and 該 (corresponding, applicable). The combination creates a formal term for 'the relevant/said'.
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