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届
deliver · reach · report · notify
N2Kun: とど、とどく、とどける
Memory Aid
The top part (尸) looks like a roof or a house. The bottom part (由) looks like a package or a message being placed. A package is *delivered* to a *house*, thereby *reaching* its destination.
'とどく' — Imagine a delivery person trying to 'TOE-DOE-KOO' (toe-do-coo) a package to your door, hoping it will *reach* you.
Vocabulary
届くとどくto reach, to arrive
届けるとどけるto deliver, to report
届けとどけreport, notification
婚姻届こんいんとどけmarriage registration
届け出とどけでnotification, report (submission)
Example Sentences
手紙が今日、私に届きました。
The letter reached me today.
あの人に荷物を届けてください。
Please deliver the package to that person.
彼の声は遠くまで届いた。
His voice reached far.
結婚するなら市役所に婚姻届を提出します。
If you get married, you submit a marriage registration to the city hall.