送る|おくるokuru[0]heiban (flat)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship; to remit
   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?
2. godan verb, transitive verbto see (someone) off; to escort; to accompany; to take
   お宅たくまでお送おくりしましょうか？↗

   May I escort you home?
3. godan verb, transitive verbto bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to bury
4. godan verb, transitive verbto spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live
   その夫婦ふうふは幸福こうふくな生活せいかつを送おくった。↗

   The couple led a happy life.
5. godan verb, transitive verbto pass (on, along); to advance (a runner)
6. godan verb, transitive verbto affix (okurigana)

• Synonym差し出すさしだすNeutralHolding something out or handing it in, as in 「書類を差し出す」; focuses on presenting it, while 「送る」 moves a person or thing to the other side.
• Synonym出すだすNeutralTaking out or mailing something, as in 「手紙を出す」; very common in everyday speech.
• Synonym送り込むおくりこむNeutralSending people or things into a place, as in 「選手を送り込む」.
• Synonym送り出すおくりだすNeutralSending someone or something out, as in 「卒業生を送り出す」.
• Synonym送付そうふWrittenWritten/formal prose for sending documents or items, as in 「資料を送付する」; mostly business use.
• Synonym発送はっそうWrittenWritten/formal prose for shipping goods out, as in 「商品の発送」; mostly logistics use.
• Synonym送り届けるおくりとどけるNeutralDelivering or escorting someone all the way to the destination, as in 「家まで送り届ける」.
• SynonymよこすCasualColloquial for sending something to the speaker's side, often with a brusque tone; 「送る」 has no fixed direction.
• Synonym届けるとどけるNeutralGetting something into the recipient's hands, as in 「荷物を届ける」; stresses arrival and delivery.
• Synonym発信はっしんWrittenWritten/formal prose for sending out signals or information, as in 「情報を発信する」.
• Synonym郵送ゆうそうNeutralSending things by post, as in 「書類を郵送する」.
• Synonym移送いそうWrittenWritten/formal prose for transferring suspects, cases or cargo, mostly legal, as in 「身柄を移送する」.
• Synonym差し遣わすさしつかわすWrittenWritten/formal prose for sending a person off somewhere, with a solemn, old-fashioned tone.
• Synonym送達そうたつWrittenWritten/formal prose; in law, serving documents, as in 「訴状の送達」; also delivery in general. Quite formal.
• Synonym送出そうしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose for sending out, mostly technical, as in 「電力の送出」.
• Synonym拝送はいそうFormalFormal humble term for respectfully seeing someone off or sending something; mostly in letters.
• Related発するはっするWrittenWritten/formal prose for emitting sound, light or issuing orders, as in 「警告を発する」.
• Related派遣はけんWrittenWritten/formal prose for dispatching people, as in 「派遣社員」; the object is people, not things.
• Related積み出すつみだすWrittenWritten/formal prose for loading cargo onto vehicles or ships and shipping it out, as in 「港から積み出す」; stresses loading.
• RelatedやるCasualColloquial for sending someone on an errand, as in 「使いにやる」.
• Antonym受け取るうけとるNeutralAntonym of 「送る」: receiving what someone sends, as in 「荷物を受け取る」.
• Antonym迎えるむかえるNeutralAntonym of the see-off sense of 「送る」: welcoming arriving guests, as in 「客を迎える」.

Default to 「送る」 for sending things or seeing people off; use 「送付」 for business mailings, 「発送」 for shipping goods, 「郵送」 for post, 「届ける」 for delivery, 「派遣」 for dispatching people, 「発信」 for sending out information, and 「迎える」 for welcoming.

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

1. 【送】（自分じぶんのそばにあるものを）相手あいての側がわに移動いどうさせる。とどける。
2. 去さる人ひとに付き従つきしたがって、ある所ところ（道中どうちゅうや目的地もくてきち）まで行いく。
3. 時間じかんを経過けいかさせる。すごす。
4. 死者ししゃを葬送そうそうする。
5. ものごとを相手あいてに届とどける、伝つたえるようにする。
6. 管轄かんかつを自分じぶんの側がわから他ほかへ変かえる。
7. 順繰じゅんぐりに移動いどうさせる。
8. （野球やきゅう）送おくりバントをする。
9. 漢字かんじの後うしろに送り仮名おくりがなをつける。
10. 【贈】他者たしゃに気持きもちを込こめて（自分じぶんの権限けんげんの範囲はんいで）ものや地位ちい、賞与しょうよ、賞賛しょうさんなどを与あたえる。贈呈ぞうてい、授与じゅよ。