epitte (English spelling)

Japanese: epîtte(英語表記)epitte
epitte (English spelling)

...A document in which the intended purpose is written down and communicated to the other party.
【Japan】
It is also called letter, writing card, message (shosoku/shosoko), sekiso, and sekitoku. It also has the meaning of paper that is kept at hand and used for miscellaneous tasks, but this is no longer the case. Letter is a term that came into general use in the early modern period, and the original characters were bun, sho, jo, kan, sen, kan, tō, satsu, and shin, and although there are subtle differences and similarities depending on the original meaning, combinations of these refer to the currently used word tegami.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "epîtte" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…用件を紙に書いて相手に伝える文書。
【日本】
 書状,書札,消息(しようそく∥しようそこ),尺素(せきそ),尺牘(せきとく)などともいう。ほかに手元において雑用に使う紙の意義もあるが,現在では用いられない。手紙は近世になって一般に用いられた用語で,本来文字としては,文,書,状,柬(かん),箋(せん),簡,牘,札,信などがあり,原義により微妙な異同があるが,これらの組合せで,現在流通している〈てがみ〉を指示する。…

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