How to say "posting" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 配備はいびnoun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'posting' as stationing: deploying or positioning personnel, ships, or equipment where they are needed, as with troops or security forces. Think deployment and stationing, not mail and not notices.
- 郵送ゆうそうnoun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'posting' in the British sense of mailing: sending a letter or parcel through the postal system. Use it when the point is that something is sent by post, such as documents to an office.
- 投函とうかんnoun, suru verb, transitive verbAlso 'posting' a letter, but specifically the act of dropping it into a postbox or mailbox. Narrower than 郵送, which covers the whole mailing process; 投函 names just that one action.
- 配置はいちnoun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'posting' as placement or disposition: arranging people, equipment, or resources in their positions. Closer to 'arrangement' or 'stationing' than to anything postal; think of where staff or things are put.
- 通知つうちnoun, suru verb, transitive verbHere 'posting' means a notice or notification: information officially communicated to someone, as when an office notifies people of a decision or change. It never refers to mailing letters or to stationing personnel.
For 'posting' as stationing or deployment of people and equipment use 配備 or 配置; for sending letters and parcels use 郵送 or 投函; for a notice or notification use 通知.
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Japanese equivalents
- 配備はいびdeployment
- 郵送ゆうそうmailing
- 投函とうかんmailing
- 配置はいちarrangement (of resources)
- 通知つうちnotice
- 掲載けいさいpublication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper)
- 掲示けいじnotice
- 転記てんきposting (of notes, notices, etc.)
- 掲出けいしゅつposting (e.g. a notice)
- 駐在ちゅうざいresidence
- 書き込みかきこみposting (e.g. to a blog)
- ポスティングposting (to online message boards, etc.)
- マークsetting (a record)
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