送致|そうちsouchi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsending; forwarding
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 送致する（そうちする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 送致します（そうちします） |
| Negative (nai) | 送致しない（そうちしない） |
| polite (masen) | 送致しません（そうちしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 送致せず・送致せぬ（そうちせず・そうちせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 送致した（そうちした） |
| polite (mashita) | 送致しました（そうちしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 送致しなかった（そうちしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 送致しませんでした（そうちしませんでした） |
| Te form | 送致して（そうちして） |
| Potential | 送致できる（そうちできる） |
| Passive | 送致される（そうちされる） |
| Causative | 送致させる（そうちさせる） |
| Causative passive | 送致させられる（そうちさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 送致すれば（そうちすれば） |
| tara | 送致したら（そうちしたら） |
| Volitional | 送致しよう（そうちしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 送致しましょう（そうちしましょう） |
| Imperative | 送致しろ（そうちしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym逓送ていそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Relaying things on stage by stage; an old post-station word, now rarely used.
- Related移送いそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Transfers people or things elsewhere; in law, moving a case to another court or prosecutors' office. 「送致」 is police sending a case to prosecutors.
- Related搬送はんそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Transporting something; today mostly taking a person to hospital, as in 「救急搬送」.
- Related運送うんそうNeutralNeutral. Carrying passengers or freight, as in 「運送会社」 (a transport company).
- Related運搬うんぱんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Carrying or hauling goods, as in 「運搬車」 (a carrier vehicle).
- Related渡すわたすNeutralNeutral. Handing or passing something to someone; the most general everyday word, with no legal coloring.
- Related配達はいたつNeutralNeutral. Door-to-door delivery, as in 「新聞配達」 (newspaper delivery).
- Related配るくばるNeutralNeutral. Distributing or handing out to many people, as in 「チラシを配る」 (handing out flyers).
- Related配送はいそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Delivering goods, as in 「配送料」 (delivery fee).
- Related送り届けるおくりとどけるNeutralNeutral. Seeing a person or thing safely to its destination; also escorting someone home.
- Related届けるとどけるNeutralNeutral. Delivering or sending something over; also notifying the authorities, as in 「警察に届ける」.
- Related輸送ゆそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Transporting by vehicle, as in 「輸送機」 (a transport plane); leans toward large-scale movement.
- Related送達そうたつWrittenWritten/formal prose. A legal term for serving litigation papers (service of process).
Use 「送致」 when police send a case or a suspect to the prosecutors; 「書類送検」 means sending only the documents, not the person. For ordinary delivery say 「届ける」, for goods 「配送」 or 「輸送」, and for taking someone to hospital 「搬送」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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