N21357/1725

御おん中ちゅう

noun (suffix)noun (generic)

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おんちゅう

Meanings

... and Company, Messrs, for the attention of ...

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Example sentences

この手紙てがみは山田やまだ商事しょうじ御中おんちゅうと書かいてください。

Please write 'Yamada Shoji, for the attention of' on this letter.

封筒ふうとうには会社かいしゃ名めいの後あとに御中おんちゅうと記載きさいします。

On the envelope, you write 'Messrs' after the company name.

御中おんちゅうは個人こじん宛あてではなく、組織そしきや団体だんたいに送おくる際さいに使つかう敬称けいしょうです。

'Messrs' is an honorific used when sending to an organization or group, not to an individual.

採用さいよう担当者たんとうしゃ御中おんちゅうと書かいた封筒ふうとうを会社かいしゃに送おくった。

I sent an envelope addressed 'For the attention of the recruitment manager' to the company.

ビジネス文書ぶんしょでは、宛先あてさきが部署ぶしょや会社かいしゃ全体ぜんたいの場合ばあいには御中おんちゅうを用もちいるのが正式せいしきなマナーとされている。

In business documents, it is considered proper etiquette to use 'Messrs' when the addressee is a department or the entire company.

Related words

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to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)