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委嘱 いしょく

  1. appointment (to a position); commissioning; entrusting (with); request

委嘱状 いしょくじょう

  1. letter of appointment (to a position)

嘱する しょくする

  1. to entrust (someone) with; to have great expectations for; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future)
  2. to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
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