謁見

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 謁見 is read as えっけん and is a formal-meeting noun used verbally in 国王に謁見する and nominally in 女王との謁見.
• Basic usage: It denotes a formal audience in which an envoy or knight is received by a king or queen.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Particle choice
  • Use に for the person met with the verb 謁見する, and との when modifying the noun 謁見.
• Formality
  • It is a formal audience with a sovereign, not an ordinary meeting.