回覧

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 回覧 is read as かいらん and is a noun and する verb for circulating one notice or document among multiple readers in turn.
• Basic usage: Circulating a notice to households appears in お知らせを各家庭に回覧する, while internal circulation appears in 部署内で回覧する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Passing material from reader to reader
  • Rather than everyone receiving a separate copy, the same document or set of material is passed along for each reader to check.
• Difference from 配布
  • Unlike distributing separate copies to many people, this term involves passing the same material around in sequence.