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指令 (しれい): orders, instructions, directive — Japanese vocabulary

指令 is read しれい and means "orders, instructions, directive". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

指令

Reading
しれい · shirei
Translation
orders, instructions, directive
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しれいが

Example

戦勝国は敗戦国に講和条件を指令した。

せんしょうこくははいせんこくにこうわじょうけんをしれいした。

The victorious country dictated the terms of peace to the defeated country.

Kanji in this word

  • 指 — finger, point
  • 令 — order, command

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