渡す

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 名刺を渡した。▶ —
   I handed over my business card.
2. プレゼントを渡す。▶ —
   I hand over a present.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Watasu (渡す) is "to hand over" — B + cluster (business-card etiquette, handover, business cultural cluster). Kanji 渡 (cross / hand). Cluster mental note: cluster entry. Japanese cluster: (1) meishi koukan (business-card exchange — the first greeting rite of business, two-handed, carry a meishi-ire holder, place received cards on the meeting table, no folding or scribbling — a uniquely Japanese orthodox rite); (2) uke-watashi (handover with receipt and certificate documents, logistics, used-goods transactions); (3) hashi wo watasu (lay a bridge, figurative for mediation); (4) hikiwatashi (formal delivery of goods, hostages, criminals — legal register). JLPT N5 plus Japans business and logistics cluster.

Quick check

1. Core rite of Japans meishi koukan?

   • Two-handed, carry a meishi-ire holder, place received cards on the table, no folding or scribbling — uniquely Japanese first business rite
   • One-handed OK
   • Discarded
   • Western import