Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: S
きゅう
Grade: 4
しょ
Grade: 2
kan’on on’yomi
 
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Etymology edit

Compound of 請求 (seikyū, a demand, a request) +‎ (sho, a document, something in writing).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1890.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(せい)(きゅう)(しょ) (seikyūshoせいきうしよ (seikiusyo)?

  1. a bill, a written statement of money owed
    請求書(せいきゅうしょ)発行(はっこう)をご要望(ようぼう)場合(ばあい)
    go-seikyūsho no hakkō o go-yōbō no baai
    if you wish to be issued a bill

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN