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任命 (にんめい): appointment, nomination, ordination — Japanese vocabulary

任命 is read にんめい and means "appointment, nomination, ordination". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

任命

Reading
にんめい · nimmei
Translation
appointment, nomination, ordination
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
にんめいが

Example

私たちはウッド氏を議長に任命した。

わたしたちはウッドしをぎちょうににんめいした。

We appointed Mr Wood chairman.

Kanji in this word

  • 任 — entrust, duty
  • 命 — life, fate

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