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要請

要請

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 4
せい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

要請 (hiragana ようせい, romaji yōsei, historical hiragana えうせい)

  1. an official request (of something that has to be done)

Related terms

Verb

要請する (transitive, hiragana ようせいする, romaji yōsei suru, historical hiragana えうせいする)

  1. to request officially for something or to do something that has to be done
    政府 (せいふ)捕虜 (ほりょ)解放 (かいほう)要請 (ようせい)した。
    Seifu wa horyo no kaihō o yōsei shita.
    The government called for / requested the release of the prisoners of war.

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

要請 (yocheong) (hangeul 요청)

  1. Hanja form? of 요청, “request, claim, appeal”.