申し出る

もうしでる · moushideru · JLPT N1 · verb-ichidan

to report to

📢 申 (say, humbly) + 出る (come out) = say it out to a superior: report, suggest

申 is the humble form of 言う (to say) and 出る means to come out. Your words come out toward a higher-ranked person, so the verb covers reporting upward, telling, and offering a suggestion.

出 — foot 止 emerging from enclosure 凵
出 is a pictograph showing a foot or plant stepping out of a hollow or enclosure, depicting the act of going forth. The original sense of 'coming out' or 'emerging' has remained stable since oracle bone script. It now broadly means 'to exit, go out, or produce.'

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