- yuubinposuto postbox, mailbox, pillar box
A concrete everyday noun for the red postbox on the street where you drop letters; in casual speech ポスト alone is more common.
手紙を郵便ポストに入れた。
Tegami o yuubinposuto ni ireta.
I put the letter in the postbox.
郵便ポストは駅の前にあります。
Yuubinposuto wa eki no mae ni arimasu.
The postbox is in front of the station.
⚖️ Often shortened to ポスト, but that can also mean a goalpost in sports; 郵便ポスト always means a postbox.
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