受付 and 締め切り: reception hours and an application deadline
Read different time limits for a reception counter and online applications, without treating counter closure as the end of every application method.
Receiving applications or visitors
受付, read うけつけ, means receiving applications or visitors, or the desk doing so. 受付で来場者の名前を確認します。 says that visitors' names are checked at reception.
窓口での受付は午後五時までです。 says that counter reception lasts until five in the afternoon. Read 窓口での as limiting the specified reception method.
The limit for applying or submitting
締め切り, read しめきり, means an application or submission deadline. オンラインの申し込みの締め切りは午後十一時です。 says that online applications close at eleven at night.
締め切りまでに必要な書類を提出してください。 asks for the required documents to be submitted by the deadline. Check the specific instructions for submission method and arrival requirements.
Separating methods and dates
If counter reception ends at five and online applications close at eleven, the times bound different methods. Do not turn the counter's closing time into the online deadline.
事前の申し込みは昨日締め切りましたが、当日の受付は今朝行います。 says that advance applications closed yesterday, but check-in on the day is this morning. Application and visitor reception may occur on different dates for the same event.
If counter reception ends at five p.m. and online applications close at eleven p.m., do online applications also end when the counter closes?
Show the answer and why
No. The notice gives different times for the two methods, with the online deadline at eleven p.m.