How to say "send" in Japanese

• 送るおくるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe all-purpose verb for sending something off to a recipient — a parcel, a letter, a file — with the focus on dispatching it from your end. Reach for this when you simply mean 'send'.
  この手紙てがみを日本にっぽんに送おくってくれませんか。↗

  Could you send this letter to Japan?
• 届けるとどけるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCenters on the delivery side: getting something to the recipient. Choose it when the point is that the item actually reaches them, as when delivering a package to someone's door.
  家いえに届とどけていただけますか。↗

  Can you deliver it to my house?
• よこすJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbSends something toward the speaker — from another person or place to where you are. Usually written in kana alone. Natural when asking someone to send you a document or photo.
  洗濯物せんたくものを持もっていくために誰だれかよこしてくださいますか。↗

  Could you send someone up to pick up some laundry?
• 降らすふらすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbOnly about rain: it means to make rain fall — to 'send' rain, or shed it. For sending things or messages this is not the word you want.
• 言付けることづけるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbFor sending through a third party: you have someone else carry a message or parcel, or leave a message with a person. The sending is entrusted to a go-between rather than done directly.

For ordinary sending use 「送る」; 「届ける」 stresses delivery to the recipient; 「よこす」 is for things sent toward you; 「言付ける」 sends via a third person; 「降らす」 applies only to rain.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 送るおくるto send
• 届けるとどけるto deliver
• よこすto send
• 降らすふらすto send (rain)
• 言付けることづけるto have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.)
• つかわすto send
• 差し向けるさしむけるto send
• センドsend
• 降らせるふらせるto send (rain)
• 走らすはしらすto dispatch (someone)
• 差し立てるさしたてるto stand
• 差し越すさしこすto go out of turn
• 走らせるはしらせるto dispatch (someone)
• やるto send
• 回すまわすto move (someone or something to where its needed)
• 寄せるよせるto deliver (opinion, news, etc.)
• 発するはっするto issue
• 仕向けるしむけるto send
• 託すたくすto have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.)
• 託するたくするto have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.)
• 入れるいれるto send (a fax)
• 出すだすto send (e.g. letter)
• 向けるむけるto send
• あげるto enrol (one's child in school)
• 打つうつto type
• 流すながすto broadcast
• 差し出すさしだすto send
• 仕立てるしたてるto prepare