届ける
とどける
hepburn todokeru
to deliver, to convey (transitive)
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
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Examples
- 忘れ物を交番に届けました。I took the lost item to the police box.
- このプレゼントを母に届けてください。Please deliver this present to my mother.
Collocations
荷物を届ける手紙を届ける忘れ物を届ける届けてもらう無事に届ける
Mnemonic
届ける todokeru — kanji 届 (to reach) + the ichidan ending ける. It is transitive: to deliver or convey something to a destination. Its intransitive partner is 届く (todoku, to arrive, to reach). 物が届く (a thing arrives) / 物を届ける (to deliver a thing). 警察に届ける can also mean "to report to the police."
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What is the intransitive partner of 届ける?