How to say "issuance" in Japanese

• 交付こうふJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe general choice: issuance as an authority officially handing something over or granting it, as when an office delivers a document. Use this when no more specific word fits.
  市長しちょうは私に身分証明書みぶんしょうめいしょを交付こうふした。↗

  The mayor provided me with an identity card.
• 発令はつれいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRestricted to the issuance of official orders, ordinances, or warnings: the act of proclaiming or announcing such a directive. Not the word for handing over documents or certificates.
• 発給はっきゅうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbIssuance in the sense of a document being issued, such as a passport; this is the word when 'issuance' refers to an authority issuing a document to someone.
  ビザの再さい発給はっきゅうをお願ねがいしたいのですが。↗

  Could you please issue me a visa again?

Choose by what is being issued: 交付 for officially handing over or granting something in general, 発令 for orders, ordinances, or warnings, and 発給 for documents such as passports.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 交付こうふdelivery
• 発令はつれいofficial announcement
• 発給はっきゅうissuance (e.g. of a passport)
• 払い出しはらいだしissuance