配送

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 配送 is a noun read はいそう, meaning the delivery or shipping of an order or other goods to a destination. It forms the verb 配送する.
• Basic usage: It can describe an ordered desk being delivered over the weekend or thick boxes being used to ship fragile items.
  • 注文した机は週末に配送される。 says that the ordered desk will be delivered over the weekend; 店は割れ物の配送に厚い箱を使っている。 says that the store uses thick boxes for shipping fragile items.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 週末に配送される
  • The passive form presents the desk as what will be delivered, and に places the delivery on the weekend.
• 配送に箱を使う
  • に marks shipping fragile goods as the purpose for which the thick boxes are used.
• 配送 and 配達
  • 配送 broadly covers shipping goods through a distribution process, while 配達 focuses on delivering them to the recipient or destination.