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Good day to everyone,

I am a student here in Japan studying 日本語 and I was watching a few videos of
Japanese lessons and noticed that there are a lot of verbs that have the same
meaning. For example, `Touchaku suru`, `Tsuku` and `Todoku` all mean "to
arrive". Are there any instances wherein one is used more than the other? Any
help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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(Verbs) To arrive ~ Touchaku suru vs Tsuku vs Todoku
Disclaimer: This is based mostly on my own experience.

着く{つく} is the most commonly used verb for "arrive", as in "I've arrived at the
station".

届く{とどく} tends to be used for things or abstract concepts. For example, on
instant messenger, if you send a message and you want to check if the other
person got the message because you didn't get a response, you would use 届く.
You can also use it for feelings; it is commonly used for love, e.g.
私の気持ちが届いたでしょう, which can be properly translated as "I wonder if my feelings
arrived?", but more loosely as "I wonder if you understood my feelings (i.e. I
love you, etc)".

到着する{とうちゃくする} tends to be used for long distances and/or for long-distance
modes of transportation, and especially most commonly for airplanes. For
example, when your airplane lands, you may send a text message to your
friends/family saying 到着した.
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**着く** is the most basic word you use when something arrives at a location.

**到着する** has nothing different with 着く except it is a Sino-Japanese word that
sounds slightly more formal. Besides, it is easily turned into a noun 到着
"arrival" which 着く is normally not able.

**届く** is literally closer to "reach", but more specifically telling that
something is at the location to be passed to somebody. A train stops at a
station doesn't mean the station obtains the train, so you can't say 届く. Also
not for people unless you're committing human trafficking.

> 飛行機が空港に着く = 飛行機が空港に到着する _the plane arrives at the airport_
>
> 飛行機が空港に届く _the plane is delivered to the airport_
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