助じょ命めい

noun

sparing a life; clemency

Refers to the act of granting mercy by not taking someone's life, often in historical or formal contexts such as a plea for a prisoner's life.

• 捕ほ虜りょの助じょ命めいを嘆たん願がんした。

  They pleaded for the prisoner's life to be spared.

noun

reconsideration of dismissal

Business/HR term for reviewing and possibly reversing an employee's dismissal. Often used in phrases like 助命嘆願 (appeal for reconsideration of dismissal).

• 不ふ当とう解かい雇こされた社しゃ員いんの助じょ命めいを求もとめる署しょ名めいが集あつまった。

  Signatures were gathered to seek reconsideration of the unfairly dismissed employee's termination.