請せい願がん

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請願する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

petition; formal request

A formal written request or appeal, often addressed to an authority such as a government office or court. Used as both a noun and a する-verb.

〈相あい手て〉に請せい願がんするto petition someone (an authority)
住じゅう民みんは市し議ぎ会かいに道どう路ろの改かい善ぜんを請せい願がんした。
The residents petitioned the city council for road improvements.
請せい願がんを提てい出しゅつするto submit a petition
労ろう働どう組くみ合あいは国こっ会かいに請せい願がんを提てい出しゅつした。
The labor union submitted a petition to the Diet.
請せい願がんが採さい択たくされるfor a petition to be adopted/accepted
その請せい願がんは委い員いん会かいで採さい択たくされた。
The petition was adopted by the committee.

嘆たん願がん
嘆願 is a more emotional, earnest appeal or supplication, while 請願 is a formal, often written petition following set procedures.
陳ちん情じょう
陳情 is typically an oral statement of one's situation or request to an official, whereas 請願 is a formal written petition with legal procedure behind it.

請せい求きゅうN3
請願 and 請求 share the kanji 請 but 請求 means a demand or claim (e.g. for payment), not a formal petition to an authority.
請せい託たく
請願 is a formal, legitimate petition submitted to a government body, while 請託 carries a negative nuance of soliciting favors through personal connections or influence.

Sino-Japanese compound of 請 (request, ask) and 願 (wish, request).