署しょ名めい

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署名する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to a person's handwritten signature or the act of signing. Used in formal, legal, and everyday contexts.

〈物もの〉に署しょ名めいするto sign a document (or other item)
契けい約やく書しょに署しょ名めいした。
I signed the contract.
署しょ名めいを集あつめるto collect signatures (for a petition)
反はん対たい運うん動どうのために署しょ名めいを集あつめた。
We collected signatures for the protest movement.
署しょ名めい入いりの〈物もの〉an item bearing someone's signature (autographed item)
署しょ名めい入いりの本ほんをもらった。
I received a book with the author's signature.
〈人ひと〉に署しょ名めいを求もとめるto ask someone for their signature
駅えき前まえで通つう行こう人にんに署しょ名めいを求もとめた。
They asked passersby in front of the station for their signatures.

サインN4
サイン is a casual loanword typically used for autographs or informal signings, while 署名 is the standard term for formal, legal signatures.
記き名めいN1
記名 means simply writing one's name, such as on a form or attendance list, whereas 署名 specifically implies signing to authenticate or agree to something.
調ちょう印いんN1
署名 is the general act of writing one's name on any document, while 調印 specifically refers to the formal signing or sealing of an official document like a treaty or contract.
記き帳ちょう
署名 refers narrowly to signing one's name, while 記帳 covers the whole act of making a written entry, which may include more than just a signature.

印いん鑑かんN2
印鑑 is a personal seal stamped onto documents, while 署名 is a handwritten signature; in Japan the two often serve the same authenticating purpose but are physically different acts.
書しょ名めい
書名 (a book's title) and 署名 (a signature) are pronounced identically as しょめい but have completely different meanings.
連れん名めい
署名 is a single person's signature, while 連名 emphasizes that a document or petition bears the names of multiple signatories.

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Sino-Japanese compound: 署 (sign, write) + 名 (name).