招請

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 招請 is read しょうせい and means formally inviting someone to come.
• Basic usage: It is used when a university invites a researcher or an instructor from overseas.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Tone of the invitation
  • 招待 broadly applies to invitations to gatherings or events, while 招請 suits formal invitations by institutions and similar bodies.
• Person invited
  • In 研究者を講演会に招請する, を marks the person invited.
• Event of the invitation
  • In 研究者を講演会に招請する, に marks the event.