Post office - Ekitei

Japanese: 駅逓 - えきてい

〘noun〙① Sending luggage from one post station to another. Relay relay. Horse relay. Post relay . ※Furei Hiyo Shinsen Jihin (1869)〈Matsuda Shigeki〉"Ekitei tsugibiki"〔Sui Tang Jia Hua - Part 2〕② Postal service. Especially in the early Meiji period, this term combined postal service and transportation. ※Beio Kairan Jitsuroku (1877)〈Kume Kunitake〉1. "There are seven secretaries under the president, and they are assigned the duties of state affairs, finance, navy and army, civil affairs, postal service, and prosecutorial affairs, and there is no position of governor."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 宿駅から宿駅へ荷物などを送ること。駅伝。馬継(うまつぎ)。宿継(しゅくつぎ)。※布令必用新撰字引（1869）〈松田成己〉「駅遞ヱキテイツギビキャク」〔隋唐嘉話‐中〕② 郵便。特に、明治前期、郵便と交通運輸とをあわせた呼称。※米欧回覧実記（1877）〈久米邦武〉一「大統領の下に七人の書記官あり、国務、財務、海陸軍、民業、駅逓、検事の事務を分課して、宰輔の官なし」

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