Illustration: Inside a small local newspaper office, an editor opens a mailed envelope containing a folded personal letter and a clipping from the paper. The clipping's photograph matches a photograph on the newspaper spread across the desk, establishing what prompted the submission.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

投とう書しょ

tousho

letter from a reader

Example sentences

  1. 新聞しんぶんや雑誌ざっしの投書とうしょ欄らんを読よみます。

    I read the reader’s column in newspapers and magazines.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 投書とうしょは視聴者しちょうしゃからの唯一ゆいいつの声こえです。

    Letters are the only voice from the audience.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 雑誌ざっしに掲載けいさいされた議論ぎろんについては、その目論見通もくろみどおり様々さまざまな反響はんきょうを呼よび、各種新聞かくしゅしんぶんには多おおくの投書とうしょが寄よせられたという。

    The debate published in the magazine prompted various reactions as intended, and many letters were reportedly sent to newspapers.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 投書

  • 投throw; discardOnトウKunなげる
  • 書writeOnショKunかく

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