しめい – Vocabulary details

しめい

Meanings

Noun

1. mission; errand

それが今こん回かいの使し命めいだ。That's our mission this time.

2. task; duty; obligation

子こどもを守まもるのは親おやの使し命めいだ。Protecting children is a parent's duty.

Alt. forms

使し命めい

99%

しめい

Pitch accent

し

めい

Used in: 2

Composed of

し

messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

めい

order; command; life; destiny; fate

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

しめいをはたす

to carry out one's mission

しめいかん

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

しめいをおびる

to be charged with a mission

2 more...

Examples (11 in total)

それが今こん回かいのしめいだ。

That's our mission this time.

しめいを全まっとうするつもりです。

I intend to fulfill my mission.

子こどもを守まもるのは親おやのしめいだ。

Protecting children is a parent's duty.