jmdict 1593320 Active (id#2297133)
言付け； 託け； 言づけ [sK] ； 言付 [sK]
【 ことづけ 】
  1. [n,vs,vt]
    • (verbal) message
    • sending word
  2. [n] [arch]
    • excuse
    • pretext
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2024-04-06 02:21:33 Jim Breen (id#2297133)
    • Comments
      I see the JEs use 言づけ in examples. The count for 託け could be partly from 託け/かこつけ.
    • A* 2024-04-06 01:32:54 Stephen Kraus (id#2297132)
    • Refs
      [vt]: sankoku

Most refs lead with 言付け rather than 託け.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 託け　　 │ 8,308 │ 36.4% │
│ 言付け　 │ 7,754 │ 34.0% │
│ 言づけ　 │   398 │  1.7% │ - sK
│ 言付　　 │   365 │  1.6% │ - add, sK (seen in the wild with ことづけ furigana)
│ ことづけ │ 5,983 │ 26.2% │
╰─ーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>言づけ</keb>
+<keb>託け</keb>
@@ -11 +11,6 @@
-<keb>託け</keb>
+<keb>言づけ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>言付</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -18,0 +24 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
    • A 2021-08-10 00:19:13 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      I think it's OK with the "arch" tag.
    • A* 2021-08-09 12:16:29 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Sense 2 appears to be archaic. The kokugo examples are from the Tale of Genji. I wouldn't object to dropping it entirely.
I think most of the hits for 託け are かこつけ.
    • Refs
      daij, meikyo, prog
    • Diff
      @@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>託け</keb>
+<keb>言づけ</keb>
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<keb>言づけ</keb>
+<keb>託け</keb>
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>sending word</gloss>
@@ -23 +24 @@
-<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
    • A 2021-08-08 11:54:34 Jim Breen
    • Refs
      言付け	7754
託け	8308
言づけ	398
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