届きます（とどきます、todokimasu）
- to be delivered

The Japanese word 届きます （とどきます） means "to arrive," "to reach," or "to be delivered." It generally implies that something has successfully gotten to a destination or a recipient. It can be used for physical objects, information, or even a feeling or idea. The core meaning focuses on the completion of a journey or the fulfillment of a process that gets something to its destination. The verb describes a state of having arrived or been received. The 届きます itself is the polite, present tense form of the verb.

⚫︎小包が届きました。 Translation: The package arrived. ⚫︎手紙が届きました。 Translation: The letter arrived. ⚫︎あなたの思いが私に届きました。 Translation: Your feelings reached me.

This verb is typically used to describe the arrival of something at a destination. ⚫︎ It is often used with objects, such as packages, letters, or food deliveries. ⚫︎ It can also be used metaphorically to describe the understanding of information or the reception of feelings or ideas. ⚫︎ The subject of the sentence often comes before the verb and is usually marked with the particle が (ga).

⚫︎ The word is typically written in hiragana as とどきます. ⚫︎ The kanji form is 届きます. ⚫︎ The okurigana is きます and stays consistent in different conjugations. The stem is 届. ⚫︎ Other conjugations include 届く (plain form/dictionary form), 届かない (negative), and 届いた (past tense). 届く and its conjugations keep the same meaning in principle.

⚫︎ 到着する (とうちゃくする): to arrive (more formal) ⚫︎ 着く (つく): to arrive (general) ⚫︎ 達する (たっする): to reach, to arrive at (a goal or point)

⚫︎ 発つ (たつ): to depart, to leave ⚫︎ 出発する (しゅっぱつする): to depart, to start (a journey)

注文した本が今日届きます。 ・Translation: The book I ordered will arrive today. ・Explanation: This sentence explains that a book someone has ordered is going to arrive. The subject of the sentence (注文した本) is followed by が, which is omitted in the sentence, and the verb 届きます is used to indicate the arrival.

プレゼントが友達に届きましたか？ ・Translation: Did the present arrive to your friend? ・Explanation: This sentence asks whether a present, which is the subject, has reached its destination. 届きました is the past tense, indicating a completed action.

The verb 届きます comes from the verb 届く, which is composed of the kanji 届. 届 by itself means "to reach," "to arrive," or "to be delivered." The kanji originally depicted the idea of a hand reaching out to something. The verb's meaning expanded to include the act of something arriving at its intended location or recipient.