to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.)
託ける言づける
ことづける
Verb, Transitive
1.
to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.), to send (via someone else), to leave (a message) with someone
2.
to use as an excuse, to make a pretext of
archaic
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彼女は出かける前に、隣人に留守中の水やりを言付けた。
Before going out, she asked her neighbor to water the plants while she was away.
遠方に住む母へ、故郷の特産品を帰省する友人に言付けてもらった。
I had a friend who was returning home deliver local specialties to my mother who lives far away.
急な用事で席を外す際、同僚に電話の伝言を言付けておいた。
When I had to leave my desk for an urgent matter, I left a message for a colleague to take phone calls.
祖母は、私が実家に帰るたびに、親戚への贈り物を言付けてくる。
Every time I go back to my parents' home, my grandmother asks me to deliver gifts to relatives.
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