Breakdown of tenkyotodoke no kyuuzyuusyo wo kakuninsuru.
Questions & Answers about tenkyotodoke no kyuuzyuusyo wo kakuninsuru.
How do you read this sentence?
It is read:
てんきょとどけ の きゅうじゅうしょ を かくにんする。
Word by word:
- 転居届 = てんきょとどけ
- 旧住所 = きゅうじゅうしょ
- 確認する = かくにんする
What does 転居届 mean exactly?
転居届 is an official change-of-address notice or moving notification.
More specifically:
- 転居 means moving residence
- 届 means notification or report/form filed with an office
So this is not just casual everyday speech for moving. It sounds administrative or bureaucratic, like something used on forms or in office procedures.
Why is there a の after 転居届?
Here, の links two nouns:
- 転居届 = the change-of-address form
- 旧住所 = old address
So 転居届の旧住所 means:
- the old address on the change-of-address form
- or literally, the change-of-address form’s old address
The particle の often works like of, but in natural English it may be translated in different ways depending on context, such as:
- of
- in
- on
- sometimes just by reversing the noun order
In this sentence, on the form is the most natural idea.
Why is 旧住所 followed by を?
Because 旧住所 is the direct object of 確認する.
- 旧住所 = old address
- を = marks the thing being acted on
- 確認する = to check / confirm
So the structure is:
- [thing to check] を 確認する
- check [thing]
Here, the thing being checked is the old address on the change-of-address form.
What does 旧住所 mean, and why use 旧?
旧住所 means former address or old address.
- 旧 means former / old
- 住所 means address
This is a common formal way to refer to a previous address, especially in documents.
Compared with casual English, 旧住所 sounds a bit official. In everyday conversation, Japanese people might simply say something more conversational depending on context, but on forms 旧住所 is very normal.
Why is the verb 確認する in dictionary form instead of something like 確認します?
The dictionary form is very common in:
- instructions
- manuals
- checklists
- form descriptions
- official procedures
So 確認する here feels like:
- Check the old address
- Confirm the previous address
It is not necessarily casual. In written instructions, the dictionary form often sounds neutral and procedural.
If this were spoken politely, you might hear:
- 旧住所を確認します
- 旧住所を確認してください
But for a document or checklist item, 確認する is perfectly natural.
Is this a complete sentence, or is it more like a note or instruction?
It can function as a complete sentence in Japanese, but in context it often feels like an instructional phrase or checklist item.
Japanese frequently omits the subject when it is obvious. So this could imply things like:
- (You) check the old address
- (Staff should) check the old address
- Check the old address
In English, we often need to supply a subject or use the imperative, but Japanese does not always need that.
Why isn’t there a subject like 私が or a topic like は?
Because Japanese often leaves out information that is understood from context.
In a procedural or office setting, everyone already knows who is supposed to do the action, such as:
- the staff member
- the clerk
- the person following the checklist
- the system user
So instead of saying something like:
- 担当者は転居届の旧住所を確認する
Japanese often just says:
- 転居届の旧住所を確認する
This is very normal and natural.
Does の here mean possession, like the form’s old address?
Grammatically, yes, の can show a relationship similar to possession. But in this sentence, it is better to think of it more broadly as a noun connection.
So 転居届の旧住所 does not mean the form literally owns an address. It means:
- the old address listed on the form
- the old address in the form
- the old address associated with the form
This is a very common use of の in Japanese: it connects nouns even when English would use a preposition like on, in, or for.
Could this sentence be translated as confirm instead of check?
Is 転居届 the same as 引っ越し?
Not exactly.
- 引っ越し is the everyday word for moving house
- 転居 is more formal and official
- 転居届 is specifically a notification/form about a change of residence
So a learner should notice that this sentence uses official document language, not casual conversation.
What is the basic sentence structure here?
The structure is:
[noun 1] の [noun 2] を [verb]
In this sentence:
- 転居届 = noun 1
- 旧住所 = noun 2
- 確認する = verb
So:
- 転居届の旧住所 = the old address on the moving-notification form
- 転居届の旧住所を = the old address on the form, as the object
- 転居届の旧住所を確認する = check the old address on the form
This is a very common Japanese pattern, especially in formal writing.
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