要請|ようせいyousei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbappeal; call for something; request; claim; demand
- nounaxiom
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 要請する（ようせいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 要請します（ようせいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 要請しない（ようせいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 要請しません（ようせいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 要請せず・要請せぬ（ようせいせず・ようせいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 要請した（ようせいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 要請しました（ようせいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 要請しなかった（ようせいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 要請しませんでした（ようせいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 要請して（ようせいして） |
| Potential | 要請できる（ようせいできる） |
| Passive | 要請される（ようせいされる） |
| Causative | 要請させる（ようせいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 要請させられる（ようせいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 要請すれば（ようせいすれば） |
| tara | 要請したら（ようせいしたら） |
| Volitional | 要請しよう（ようせいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 要請しましょう（ようせいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 要請しろ（ようせいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym要求ようきゅうNeutralA demand; stronger and more forceful in tone, while 「要請」 is a public, formal request or appeal.
- Synonym要望ようぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a request you want the other side to fulfil, as in 「住民の要望」; softer in tone than 「要請」.
- Synonym請求せいきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for demanding money or a right one is entitled to, as in 「請求書」; legal and business flavour.
- Synonym依頼いらいNeutralFor entrusting someone with a task, as in 「仕事を依頼する」; the emphasis is on commissioning.
- Synonym嘆願たんがんWrittenWritten/formal prose for desperate pleading or petitioning, as in 「嘆願書」; earnest, begging tone.
- Synonym懇請こんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose for an earnest, heartfelt request; polite in flavour.
- SynonymリクエストNeutralLoanword for requesting something like a song, as in 「曲をリクエストする」; common in speech.
- Synonym懇願こんがんWrittenWritten/formal prose for earnest pleading, more urgent than 「懇請」.
- Synonym頼みたのみNeutralSomething you ask of someone; also reliance, as in 「頼みの綱」.
- Synonym所望しょもうWrittenWritten/formal prose for wishing to obtain something, as in 「ご所望の品」; honorific flavour.
- Related申請しんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose for applying to an authority, as in 「ビザ申請」; centres on the procedure.
- Related注文ちゅうもんNeutralOrdering goods; also making demands or finding fault, as in 「注文が多い」.
- Related申し込みもうしこみNeutralSigning up or applying for something, as in 「参加の申し込み」.
- Related催促さいそくNeutralUrging someone to get something done soon, as in 「返済を催促する」.
- Related頼みたのみNeutralSomething you ask of someone; also reliance, as in 「頼みの綱」.
- Related希求ききゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a strong longing, as in 「平和を希求する」.
- Related願いねがいNeutralA wish or request, as in 「お願いがある」; common in everyday speech.
- Related申し出もうしでNeutralA proposal or application made of one's own accord, as in 「辞職の申し出」.
- Related求めもとめNeutralA demand or need, as in 「求めに応じる」; leans toward written use.
- Related請いこいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a request, seen mostly in compounds such as 「命乞い」.
- Relatedお願い事おねがいごとNeutralSomething you would like to ask of someone; a polite colloquial expression.
Use 「要請」 for a solemn, public request or appeal that someone take action, as in 「出動を要請する」「救助を要請する」. For a demand use 「要求」; for a wish you want met, 「要望」; for claiming money, 「請求」; for applying to an office, 「申請」; for commissioning someone, 「依頼」. 「嘆願」 and 「懇願」 are for pleading, 「注文」 for ordering, 「催促」 for pressing someone to act, and 「願い」 for everyday requests.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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