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使命 (しめい): mission, errand, message — Japanese vocabulary

使命 is read しめい and means "mission, errand, message". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

使命

Reading
しめい · shimei
Translation
mission, errand, message
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しめいが

Example

彼らは使命を果たした。

かれらはしめいをはたした。

They accomplished their mission.

Kanji in this word

  • 使 — use, employ
  • 命 — life, fate

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