郵ゆう便びん

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う

び

ん

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

mail service; postal service; mail; post

Refers to the system or service of sending letters and parcels. Can also mean the mail itself in a general sense.

郵ゆう便びんで書しょ類るい

を

送おく

り

ます

。

I will send the documents by mail.

郵ゆう便びんが遅おくれているようです。

The mail seems to be delayed.

2

noun

mail; postal matter; postal items

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 郵便物. Refers to physical items sent through the mail, such as letters and parcels.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を郵ゆう便びんで送おくるto send something by mail
プレゼントを郵ゆう便びんで送おくった。
I sent the present by mail.
郵ゆう便びんが届とどくfor mail to arrive
今朝けさ、郵ゆう便びんが届とどいた。
The mail arrived this morning.
郵ゆう便びんを出だすto mail (post) something
手て紙がみを書かいて郵ゆう便びんを出だした。
I wrote a letter and mailed it.

Kanji

郵mail, stagecoach stop
便convenience, facility, excrement

Related words

郵ゆう便びん物ぶつ sense 2
郵便物 is the full, more formal word for physical mail items, while 郵便 is often used as a casual abbreviation with the same meaning.
便びんN3
郵便 is the everyday word for the postal system, while 便 is more limited in this sense and usually appears inside compounds like 航空便 or 宅配便.
宅たく配はい便びんN4
郵便 refers to the public postal service run by Japan Post, whereas 宅配便 refers to private door-to-door courier services.
メールN4
郵便 is the standard word for physical postal mail, while メール in this sense appears mainly in compounds like メール便 and is rarely used alone.

Don't confuse with

メールN4sense 1
郵便 refers to physical postal mail delivered by hand, whereas メール means email sent electronically, so the two should not be swapped.
郵ゆう政せい
郵政 refers to the postal administration/system as an institution, while 郵便 refers to actual mail items and the delivery service itself.

Word family· 53

郵ゆう便びん受うけ
mailbox; letter box; mail slot
郵ゆう便びん局きょくN5
post office
郵ゆう便びん屋やN1
postman; mail carrier

Written forms

郵ゆう便びんUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
ゆうびんUsage1%
〒ゆうびん
Symbol used on postboxes, maps, and addresses. Not used in running text.

Etymology

Compound of 郵 (mail, post) and 便 (convenience, service). The symbol 〒 is derived from the katakana テ (te) from 逓信省 (Teishinshō, former Ministry of Communications).

郵ゆう便びん番ばん号ごうN3

postal code; zip code

郵ゆう便びん区く

postal delivery zone; postal zone

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郵ゆう便びん料りょう
postage; postal charges
郵ゆう便びん物ぶつ
mail; postal item
郵ゆう便びん箱ばこ
mailbox (for receiving mail); letter box · mailbox (for sending mail); postbox
郵ゆう便びん船せん
mail boat; postal ship
郵ゆう便びん袋ぶくろ
mail bag
郵ゆう便びん車しゃ
mail truck; postal vehicle

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