How to say "email" in Japanese
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe everyday word for email, covering both individual messages and email as a general means of contact; as the short abbreviation, it is the form people naturally use in conversation and casual writing.
- 電子メールでんしメールnounThe full term, literally 'electronic mail', for email as a message or as a means of communication; the complete form behind the abbreviation メール, it suits formal documents and technical explanation.
Both translate 'email', whether a single message or the medium itself; pick 「メール」, the everyday abbreviation, for ordinary conversation and messages, and 「電子メール」, the full term 'electronic mail', for formal or technical writing.
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