宛名

あてな

Also written 宛て名, あて名

Meanings

1. Noun name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee

Kanji

• 宛 addressed to. Read as あて.
• 名 name. Read as な.

Example sentences

• 宛名が違っていたので、その手紙は彼の所に届かなかった。
  Having been wrongly addressed, the letter never reached him.
• その手紙は宛名が間違っていた。
  The letter was wrongly addressed.
• その手紙の宛名は正しかった。
  The letter was correctly addressed.
• これが私の会社の宛名です。
  This is my business address.
• この手紙は宛名が違っている。
  This letter is wrongly addressed.

Common phrases

• 宛名を書く

Words containing 宛名

• 宛名書き (あてながき) addressing (e.g. writing an address on an envelope)

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