N2428/1725

投とう書しょ

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb する

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とうしょ

Meanings

letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは新聞しんぶんに投書とうしょした。

She sent a letter to the newspaper.

市民しみんからの投書とうしょが編集部へんしゅうぶに届とどいた。

A letter from a citizen arrived at the editorial department.

その雑誌ざっしの投書とうしょ欄らんには毎月まいつき多おおくの意見いけんが寄よせられる。

Many opinions are sent to that magazine's letters section every month.

彼かれは市しの対応たいおうに不満ふまんを持もち、区役所くやくしょに投書とうしょすることにした。

Dissatisfied with the city's response, he decided to write a letter to the ward office.

読者どくしゃからの投書とうしょを受うけて、編集長へんしゅうちょうは記事きじの内容ないようを見直みなおすよう指示しじを出だした。

Upon receiving a letter from a reader, the editor-in-chief instructed staff to review the content of the article.

Related words

潜るもぐる

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.)