謁えつ

noun

audience with a superior

Formal, historical term for a meeting with a high-ranking person, especially nobility. In modern Japanese, the compound 謁見 is more common.

See also: 謁見

• 「謁えつ」は、貴き人じんに会あうことを表あらわす古ふるい漢かん語ごです。

  謁 is an old Sino-Japanese word meaning to meet a noble person.

noun

visiting card; name card

Archaic term for a calling card, used historically when requesting an audience. Not used in modern Japanese; 名刺 is the standard word.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、訪ほう問もん時じに「謁えつ」を差さし出だす習しゅう慣かんがあった。

  In the Edo period, there was a custom of presenting a visiting card (謁) when calling on someone.