How to Say "Submit" in Japanese

提出する

teishutsu surú

To submit in Japanese is 提出する (teishutsu surú).

The phrase 提出する is used to express the action of entering or putting forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.

Meaning: to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc. (verb)

What does it mean word for word?

The noun 提出 (teishutsu) is composed of 提 (to present/bring up) and 出 (to go out/put forth).

teishutsu surú

If you are 'submitting' to an authority's will or surrendering, you would not use 提出する. Instead, you would use 屈する (kussuru), which relates to bending or yielding.
In digital environments, such as clicking a 'submit' button on a website, Japanese interfaces often use 送信 (sōshin), which means 'to send'.
In Japanese corporate culture, submitting a resignation is often a formal negotiation rather than a final act, and the document is sometimes written as a 'request' to be allowed to leave.

宿題は月曜日に提出すること。
Submit your homework on Monday.
This sentence is useful for expressing a requirement to submit homework on a specific day using 提出する.
Tatoeba #12470949 by bunbuku, translation #266702 by CK
つきましては、5日後の12時までに提出するよう宜しくお願い致します。
So, please submit it by 12 o'clock in 5 days.
This sentence is useful for making a polite request to submit something by a specific deadline using 提出する.
Tatoeba #12324646 by HeliumNeon_, translation #12613051 by urro
彼は辞表を提出することに決めた。
He decided to submit his resignation.
This sentence is useful for describing a decision to submit a resignation using 提出する.
Tatoeba #2340312 by mogeyama, translation #790326 by Eldad
私は書類を提出します。
I will submit the documents.
3 more sentences on Tatoeba

At a cafe, a student asks a classmate about a report.

陽太 Yota

レポートはいつ提出する？
Repōto wa itsu teishutsu suru?
When are you submitting the report?
陽葵 Himari

今日の夜に提出するよ。
Kyō no yoru ni teishutsu suru yo.
I will submit it tonight.
陽太 Yota

締め切りは明日だよね？
Shimekir wa ashita da yo ne?
The deadline is tomorrow, right?
陽葵 Himari

うん、忘れないようにする。
Un, wasurenai yō ni suru.
Yeah, I'll make sure not to forget.

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