"指定" meaning in Japanese

See 指定 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕi̥te̞ː] Forms: 指定 [canonical] (ruby: (), (てい)), shitei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|してい}} 指(し)定(てい) • (shitei)
  1. naming; designation; specification Derived forms: 指定学校 (shitei gakkō) (ruby: (), (てい), (がっ), (こう)), 指定校 (shiteikō) (ruby: (), (てい), (こう)), 指定市 (shiteishi) (ruby: (), (てい), ()), 指定職 (shiteishoku) (ruby: (), (てい), (しょく)), 指定事項 (shitei jikō) (ruby: (), (てい), (), (こう)), 指定席 (shiteiseki) (ruby: (), (てい), (せき)), 指定地 (shiteichi) (ruby: (), (てい), ()), 指定都市 (shitei toshi) (ruby: (), (てい), 都市(とし)), 指定値段 (shitei nedan) (ruby: (), (てい), (), (だん)), 型式指定 (katashiki shitei) (ruby: 型式(かたしき), (), (てい))
    Sense id: en-指定-ja-noun-Y2~e8cLg Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 52 48

Verb

IPA: [ɕi̥te̞ː]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|してい|tr=transitive}} 指(し)定(てい)する • (shitei suru) transitive suru (stem 指(し)定(てい)し (shitei shi), past 指(し)定(てい)した (shitei shita)) Forms: 指定する transitive suru [canonical] (ruby: (), (てい)), shitei suru [romanization], 指定し [stem] (ruby: (), (てい)), 指定した [past] (ruby: (), (てい)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 指定し [error-unrecognized-form], していし [error-unrecognized-form], shitei shi [error-unrecognized-form], 指定する [error-unrecognized-form], していする [error-unrecognized-form], shitei suru [error-unrecognized-form], 指定すれ [error-unrecognized-form], していすれ [error-unrecognized-form], shitei sure [error-unrecognized-form], 指定せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 指定しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], していせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], していしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], shitei seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], shitei shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 指定される [passive], していされる [passive], shitei sareru [passive], 指定させる [causative], 指定さす [causative], していさせる [causative], していさす [causative], shitei saseru [causative], shitei sasu [causative], 指定できる [potential], していできる [potential], shitei dekiru [potential], 指定しよう [volitional], していしよう [volitional], shitei shiyō [volitional], 指定しない [negative], していしない [negative], shitei shinai [negative], 指定せず [continuative, negative], していせず [continuative, negative], shitei sezu [continuative, negative], 指定します [formal], していします [formal], shitei shimasu [formal], 指定した [perfective], していした [perfective], shitei shita [perfective], 指定して [conjunctive], していして [conjunctive], shitei shite [conjunctive], 指定すれば [conditional, hypothetical], していすれば [conditional, hypothetical], shitei sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to name; to designate; to specify
    Sense id: en-指定-ja-verb-Kyy7UaW~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 38 62
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "指定",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "してい"
      },
      "expansion": "指(し)定(てい) • (shitei)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "shitei gakkō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "学",
              "がっ"
            ],
            [
              "校",
              "こう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定学校"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shiteikō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "校",
              "こう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定校"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shiteishi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "市",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定市"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shiteishoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "職",
              "しょく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定職"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shitei jikō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "項",
              "こう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定事項"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shiteiseki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "席",
              "せき"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定席"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shiteichi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定地"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shitei toshi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "都市",
              "とし"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定都市"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shitei nedan",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "値",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "段",
              "だん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "指定値段"
        },
        {
          "roman": "katashiki shitei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "型式",
              "かたしき"
            ],
            [
              "指",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "定",
              "てい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "型式指定"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "naming; designation; specification"
      ],
      "id": "en-指定-ja-noun-Y2~e8cLg",
      "links": [
        [
          "naming",
          "naming"
        ],
        [
          "designation",
          "designation"
        ],
        [
          "specification",
          "specification"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "してー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥te̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "指定"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "指定する transitive suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定し",
      "roman": "shitei shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定した",
      "roman": "shitei shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "指定すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "していすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shitei sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "してい",
        "tr": "transitive"
      },
      "expansion": "指(し)定(てい)する • (shitei suru) transitive suru (stem 指(し)定(てい)し (shitei shi), past 指(し)定(てい)した (shitei shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              34,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              135,
              142
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Apparently, you can make a reservation by phone using your smartphone or app to have a mobile polling station come near your home, and specify the time and location.",
          "ref": "2024 April 2, 吉田とも代 [Tomoyo Yoshida], quotee, “第213回国会 衆議院 総務委員会 第11号 令和6年4月2日 [213th Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on General Affairs, No. 11, April 2, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 26 Sep 2025:",
          "roman": "Jitaku mae e no idōshiki tōhyōsho wa, sumaho ya apuri de denwa yoyaku o shi, jikan to basho o shitei dekiru sō desu.",
          "text": "自宅前への移動式投票所は、スマホやアプリで電話予約をし、時間と場所を指定できるそうです。",
          "translation": "Apparently, you can make a reservation by phone using your smartphone or app to have a mobile polling station come near your home, and specify the time and location.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to name; to designate; to specify"
      ],
      "id": "en-指定-ja-verb-Kyy7UaW~",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "designate",
          "designate"
        ],
        [
          "specify",
          "specify"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "してー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕi̥te̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "指定"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "shitei gakkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ],
        [
          "学",
          "がっ"
        ],
        [
          "校",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指定学校"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiteikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ],
        [
          "校",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指定校"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiteishi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ],
        [
          "市",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指定市"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiteishoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ],
        [
          "職",
          "しょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指定職"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shitei jikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "項",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指定事項"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiteiseki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "定",
          "てい"
        ],
        [
          "席",
          "せき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指定席"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiteichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
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      "form": "指定しよう",
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      "form": "shitei sezu",
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      "form": "指定します",
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      "form": "していします",
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      "form": "shitei shimasu",
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      "form": "指定した",
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      "form": "していした",
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      "form": "shitei shita",
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      "form": "指定して",
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      "form": "していして",
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      "form": "shitei shite",
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      "form": "指定すれば",
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      "form": "していすれば",
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      "form": "shitei sureba",
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          "english": "Apparently, you can make a reservation by phone using your smartphone or app to have a mobile polling station come near your home, and specify the time and location.",
          "ref": "2024 April 2, 吉田とも代 [Tomoyo Yoshida], quotee, “第213回国会 衆議院 総務委員会 第11号 令和6年4月2日 [213th Diet, House of Representatives, Committee on General Affairs, No. 11, April 2, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 26 Sep 2025:",
          "roman": "Jitaku mae e no idōshiki tōhyōsho wa, sumaho ya apuri de denwa yoyaku o shi, jikan to basho o shitei dekiru sō desu.",
          "text": "自宅前への移動式投票所は、スマホやアプリで電話予約をし、時間と場所を指定できるそうです。",
          "translation": "Apparently, you can make a reservation by phone using your smartphone or app to have a mobile polling station come near your home, and specify the time and location.",
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        }
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        "to name; to designate; to specify"
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      "other": "してー"
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      "ipa": "[ɕi̥te̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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}

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