送おくり

noun

seeing off; sending off; taking someone somewhere

Refers to accompanying, taking, or sending someone off, often as a ride, escort, or drop-off. 見送り is more specific for standing by and seeing someone depart.

• 駅えきまでの送おくりは兄あにに頼たのんだ。

  I asked my older brother to take me to the station.

• 朝あさの保ほ育いく園えんへの送おくりは私わたしの担たん当とうだ。

  I am in charge of the morning drop-off at the nursery school.

noun

funeral; sending off the dead

A limited or old-fashioned use connected with sending off the deceased; in modern everyday Japanese 葬儀 or 葬式 is more usual for 'funeral'.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、葬そう儀ぎを「送おくり」と表あらわすことがある。

  In older writing, a funeral may be described as 送り.

noun

escapement

Technical horological use for a clock or watch mechanism; 脱進機 is the more transparent specialist term.

• 時計とけい用よう語ごで「送おくり」は脱だっ進しん機きを指さすことがある。

  In clock terminology, 送り can refer to the escapement mechanism.