JLPT N2Kanji compounds

依頼

Readingいらいirai

Meaning
用件を相手に頼んで任せること
Explanation
「依頼(いらい)」 is to ask the other person to handle a matter and entrust it to them. It is used like 「仕事を依頼する」 (request work). Unlike c2 「command」, the feature of a request is that it does not force the other person but asks them and has them accept.
Original Japanese explanation

「依頼(いらい)」は、用件を相手に頼んで任せることです。「仕事を依頼する」のように使います。c2 の「命令」とは違い、依頼は相手に強制するのではなく、お願いして引き受けてもらう点が特徴です。

Examples
  • 仕事を依頼する

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