辞職願(じしょくねがい)

じしょくねがい
noun
letter of resignation
work
1. letter of resignation; written request to resign
A formal document in which an employee or official asks to be allowed to leave their post. Phrased as a request for permission, reflecting that the resignation must be accepted by a superior.
辞職願(じしょくねがい)を出(だ)した。
I submitted a letter of resignation.
部長(ぶちょう)に辞職願(じしょくねがい)を提出(ていしゅつ)した。
I handed in my letter of resignation to the department head.
責任(せきにん)を取(と)って、彼(かれ)はその日(ひ)のうちに辞職願(じしょくねがい)を書(か)いた。
Taking responsibility, he wrote his letter of resignation that very day.

Formed from 辞職(じしょく) (resignation) plus 願(ねがい) (request). The 願(ねがい) ending frames it as asking permission to resign, used when the resignation is subject to approval.

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Compare: 退職願(たいしょくねがい) (letter of resignation)
Compare: 辞表(じひょう) (letter of resignation)
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