According to these websites

<https://bizushiki.com/wakiduke>

<https://origamijapan.net/origami/2018/06/05/wakizuke/>

脇付 follow this classification when thinking on the sender and the addressee of
a letter.

  1. 差出人が男性：一般的な脇付
  2. 差出人が男性：目上の人への脇付
  3. 差出人が男性：両親への脇付
  4. 差出人が女性：一般的な脇付
  5. 差出人が男性・女性：師や目上の方への脇付
  6. 差出人が男性・女性：高貴な人への脇付

Based on it, I have these questions related with the usage of 脇付.

  1. **Respecting groups 1 and 4, what kind of person does 一般 refer to?** For example, 机下, which is used for doctors, is classified in group 1 "差出人が男性：一般的な脇付", while 侍史, also used for doctors, is classified in group 2 "差出人が男性：目上の人への脇付", so I don't understand very well who is exactly a 一般的な相手.

  2. I see 男性 have 脇付 for 上目の人 (group 2) and for 両親 (group 3), whereas 女性 don't seem to have 脇付 for 上目の人 and for 両親. Then, **if a woman must send a letter towards 上目の人 or 両親, which 脇付 would she use?**

**For 上目の人, would a woman only be able to use the only one 脇付 introduced in
group 5 "差出人が男性・女性：師や目上の方への脇付", that is, 函丈（かんじょう）?**

  3. **Are all the 脇付 inside each group interchangeable?**

**For example, can all the 脇付 in group 1 "差出人が男性：一般的な脇付" be used for doctors
like 机下 (classified in group 1)?**

When I look for each one of them on dictionaries in order to know their
nuances (especially to which kind of person is used each one), the most common
result I get is just "手紙の脇付の一", so I don't know very well their usage. **If
you could please tell me individually each 脇付 of each group for what specific
person (e.g. doctors, lawyers, professors, etc.) is used, it would help me a
lot.**
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grammar words
Usage of 脇付 depending on the sender and the addressee