How to say "said" in Japanese
- 前記ぜんきno-adjective, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'said' meaning 'aforesaid, above-mentioned': it refers back to something already stated earlier in the same document, typical of formal and legal writing. It is not the past tense of the verb 'say'.
- 当該とうがいno-adjectiveCovers 'said' in the sense of 'concerned, relevant': it identifies a person or thing as the one in question, as in 'the authorities concerned'. Typical of official and legal writing.
Both translate the formal, document-style 'said' (= 'aforesaid' or 'concerned'), never the past tense of the verb 'say': choose 前記 for something stated earlier in the text, 当該 for the item in question.
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