嘆願

• 読み: たんがん
• ローマ字: tangan
• 漢字の分解: 嘆 (tan) — sigh, lament, grieve; 願 (gan) — wish, request, pray
• 発音: /taɴ.ɡaɴ/

意味

Entreaty; appeal; petition. An earnest, often desperate plea to someone in authority.

A noun and suru-verb for making a heartfelt, desperate appeal or petition, typically to authority figures. Carries a strong emotional weight — the person making the 嘆願 is often in a difficult situation. Common collocations include 嘆願書 (petition/written appeal), 嘆願する (to entreat/petition), and 減刑を嘆願する (to petition for a reduced sentence). More emotionally charged than 要請 (yousei, request) or 請願 (seigan, formal petition).

例文

1. 被告の家族が減刑を嘆願する手紙を裁判所に送った。
2. 住民たちは環境保護のために嘆願書を提出した。
3. 母親は涙ながらに息子の釈放を嘆願した。

使い方ガイド

場面: legal, politics, advocacy

トーン: emotional

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 嘆 (tan, sigh/lament/grieve) + 願 (gan, wish/request/pray). Literally 'a lamenting wish' — a plea made with such emotion that it involves sighing or grief.

文化的背景

時代: Pre-modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal