(2016-06-16, 10:39 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: I've started playing a visual novel where the protagonist joins a new school. At one point, he needs to sign a form that reads:
県立汐凪第一学園 学園長 あて
県立汐凪第一学園校舎への入校を、次のとおり申請します。
What's あて? I supposed it's something to do with 宛? Anyway, I don't know what it means, probably only seen 宛 in compounds.
What does とおり mean here?
Thanks.
It seems quite likely that that あて is in fact 宛, because it is often used as a suffix after a noun that indicates a particular person to mean 'To:' that person. So in this case, 学園長宛, 'To the principal (headmaster, whatever)'.