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命令 (めいれい): order, command, decree — Japanese vocabulary

命令 is read めいれい and means "order, command, decree". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

命令

Reading
めいれい · meirei
Translation
order, command, decree
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
めいれいが

Example

彼は私に起立するように命令した。

かれはわたしにきりつするようにめいれいした。

He ordered me to stand up.

Kanji in this word

  • 命 — life, fate
  • 令 — order, command

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