audience

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is えつ. It has 15 strokes and relates to a formal audience with a high-ranking person.
• Basic usage: 謁する is read えっする, and 謁見 is read えっけん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 謁する and 謁見
  • 謁する means to have an audience with. It is a verb read えっする for formally having an audience with a king, lord, or other high-ranking person.
  • 外国の使節は王に謁し、国書を手渡した。 means “The foreign envoy had an audience with the king and presented a state letter.”
  • 謁見 means audience or formal meeting. It is a noun read えっけん for that formal audience or meeting itself.
  • 使節は宮殿で国王に謁見した。 means “The envoy had an audience with the king at the palace.”