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郵便切手 (ゆうびんきって) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

郵ゆう便びん切きっ手て

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び

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Meanings

1

noun

postage stamp

Standard term for a postage stamp. Often shortened to 切手 in everyday conversation.

手て紙がみを出だす前まえに郵ゆう便びん切きっ手てを貼はってください。
Please put a postage stamp on the letter before sending it.
この封ふう筒とうには80円えんの郵ゆう便びん切きっ

手て

が

必ひつ

要よう

です

。

This envelope requires an 80-yen postage stamp.

Kanji

郵mail, stagecoach stop
便convenience, facility, excrement
切cut, cutoff, be sharp
手hand

Similar words

切きっ手て
Common abbreviation of 郵便切手. Used more frequently in daily speech.
郵ゆう便びん
Means 'postal service' or 'mail'. 郵便切手 is a stamp used for postal mail.

Etymology

Compound of 郵便 (postal service) and 切手 (stamp). The word 切手 originally referred to a 'cut piece of paper' used as a receipt or token, later applied to postage stamps.