任命
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Chinese[edit]
to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility |
life; fate | ||
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trad. (任命) | 任 | 命 | |
simp. #(任命) | 任 | 命 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
任命
- to appoint; to assign a job; to assign a role
- (literary) to resign oneself to fate
- (literary) to receive instructions
Synonyms[edit]
- (to appoint):
Derived terms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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任 | 命 |
にん Grade: 5 |
めい Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese compound 任命 (MC nyimH mjaengH, “burden, charge + command”). Compare modern Mandarin 任命 (rènmìng, “to appoint”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- an appointment, assignment, installation, induction, or instatement of a person to an office or position
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 任命権 (ninmeiken): appointive power, the power to appoint or name someone to an office or position
- 任命式 (ninmeishiki): a swearing-in ceremony
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
任命する • (ninmei suru) suru (stem 任命し (ninmei shi), past 任命した (ninmei shita))
- to appoint, assign, install, induct, or instate a person to an office or position
- Synonym: 命ずる
- 課長に任命する
- kachō ni ninmei suru
- to appoint or name someone to the position of department or section manager
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of "任命する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 任命し | にんめいし | ninmei shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 任命し | にんめいし | ninmei shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 任命する | にんめいする | ninmei suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 任命する | にんめいする | ninmei suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 任命すれ | にんめいすれ | ninmei sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 任命せよ¹ 任命しろ² |
にんめいせよ¹ にんめいしろ² |
ninmei seyo¹ ninmei shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 任命される | にんめいされる | ninmei sareru | |
Causative | 任命させる 任命さす |
にんめいさせる にんめいさす |
ninmei saseru ninmei sasu | |
Potential | 任命できる | にんめいできる | ninmei dekiru | |
Volitional | 任命しよう | にんめいしよう | ninmei shiyō | |
Negative | 任命しない | にんめいしない | ninmei shinai | |
Negative continuative | 任命せず | にんめいせず | ninmei sezu | |
Formal | 任命します | にんめいします | ninmei shimasu | |
Perfective | 任命した | にんめいした | ninmei shita | |
Conjunctive | 任命して | にんめいして | ninmei shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 任命すれば | にんめいすれば | ninmei sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References[edit]
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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