Receiving exam results by mail with 郵送

Kanji Explanation: Sending and escorting with 送

Bocchi’s mother confirms with Bocchi that her exam results will be available online.

ぼっち:: 「お母(かあ)さん合格(ごうかく)発表(はっぴょう)経験(けいけん)した？」; “Mom, have you ever been through the experience of waiting for exam results?”
お母(かあ)さん:: 「もちろん　したわよ」; “Of course!”; 「お母(かあ)さんの時(とき)は郵送(ゆうそう)だったわよ」; “Back in my day, it was sent by mail.”

郵送(ゆうそう) marks the method of delivery as being sent through the postal service, as opposed to Bocchi’s results being accessible electronically.

Key Points

郵送(ゆうそう) = “sent by mail”
- 郵送(ゆうそう) means sending something through the postal service, so here it describes how the exam results were delivered
お母(かあ)さんの時(とき)は = “back in my day”
- Here お母(かあ)さんの時(とき) does not mean a single literal moment; it means when it was Mom’s turn
だった shows the old system or state
- 郵送(ゆうそう)だった is the past form of 郵送(ゆうそう)だ, so Mom is describing what the procedure used to be
- That fits the contrast in the scene: Bocchi can check results online, but Mom’s generation had to wait for them to arrive in the mail
わよ adds gentle emphasis
- わよ gives the line a warm, conversational, slightly emphatic tone
- Without it, 郵送(ゆうそう)だった would sound plainer and more neutral