要望

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 要望, read ようぼう, and it combines 要, meaning require or need, with 望, meaning desire or hope.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 要望 is a concrete request or desired action that an individual or group asks another party to fulfill.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A communicated request rather than a private hope
  • Both examples use the form 要望. It commonly describes an improvement or action requested by users or departments, not merely an unexpressed wish.
• More signs and department submissions
  • 利用者の要望を聞いて案内板を増やしました。 — We added more signs after hearing users' requests.
  • 会議では各部署から寄せられた要望を整理しました。 — At the meeting, we organized requests submitted by each department.