See 指名 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "shimei shi",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "指名し",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "しめいし",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "shimei shi",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "指名する",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "しめいする",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "shimei suru",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "指名する",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "しめいする",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "shimei suru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "指名すれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいすれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei sure",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "指名せよ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary"
]
},
{
"form": "指名しろ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいせよ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいしろ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "shimei seyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei shiro",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "指名される",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいされる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei sareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "指名させる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "指名さす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいさせる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいさす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei saseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei sasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "指名できる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいできる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei dekiru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "指名しよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいしよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei shiyō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "指名しない",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "しめいしない",
"source": "conjugation",
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"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei shinai",
"source": "conjugation",
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"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "指名せず",
"source": "conjugation",
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"continuative",
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]
},
{
"form": "しめいせず",
"source": "conjugation",
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"continuative",
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"form": "shimei sezu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
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]
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"form": "指名します",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
]
},
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"form": "しめいします",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei shimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
]
},
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"form": "指名した",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfective"
]
},
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"form": "しめいした",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfective"
]
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"form": "shimei shita",
"source": "conjugation",
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"perfective"
]
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"form": "指名して",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
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"form": "しめいして",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei shite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"form": "指名すれば",
"source": "conjugation",
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"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいすれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
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23
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10
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"english": "to choose a maid (to be one's server at a maid café)",
"roman": "meido-san o shimei suru",
"ruby": [
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],
"text": "メイドさんを指名する",
"translation": "to choose a maid (to be one's server at a maid café)",
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"english": "We will appoint people in charge of each position and the committee will proceed through deliberations that will include participation from personnel and other parties.",
"ref": "2024 March 29, 稲葉延雄, quotee, “第213回国会 参議院 総務委員会 第7号 令和6年3月29日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館, retrieved 13 Dec 2025:",
"roman": "Kaku-shokushu no sekinin o motsu mono o shimei shi, jinji nado mo sanka suru gōgi ni yori iinkai o susumete iku to iu katachi ni ita shimasu.",
"text": "各職種の責任を持つ者を指名し、人事なども参加する合議により委員会を進めていくという形にいたします。",
"translation": "We will appoint people in charge of each position and the committee will proceed through deliberations that will include participation from personnel and other parties.",
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"form": "指名し",
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{
"form": "しめいし",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "shimei shi",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "指名し",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "しめいし",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "shimei shi",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "指名する",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "しめいする",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "shimei suru",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "指名する",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "しめいする",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "shimei suru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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{
"form": "指名すれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "しめいすれ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
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},
{
"form": "shimei sure",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "指名せよ",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "指名しろ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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{
"form": "しめいせよ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"literary"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"imperative"
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},
{
"form": "shimei seyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"literary"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei shiro",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "指名される",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "しめいされる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei sareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "指名させる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "指名さす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "しめいさせる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいさす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei saseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
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},
{
"form": "shimei sasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "指名できる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "しめいできる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "shimei dekiru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "指名しよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "しめいしよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
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},
{
"form": "shimei shiyō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "指名しない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "しめいしない",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "shimei shinai",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "指名せず",
"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "しめいせず",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "指名します",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "しめいします",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "shimei shimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "指名した",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいした",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "shimei shita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "指名して",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "しめいして",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "shimei shite",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "指名すれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "しめいすれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"args": {
"1": "しめい",
"tr": "transitive"
},
"expansion": "指(し)名(めい)する • (shimei suru) transitive suru (stem 指(し)名(めい)し (shimei shi), past 指(し)名(めい)した (shimei shita))",
"name": "ja-verb-suru"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with quotations",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
12,
23
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
6,
10
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
3,
9
]
],
"english": "to choose a maid (to be one's server at a maid café)",
"roman": "meido-san o shimei suru",
"ruby": [
[
"指名",
"しめい"
]
],
"text": "メイドさんを指名する",
"translation": "to choose a maid (to be one's server at a maid café)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
13
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
8,
15
]
],
"english": "We will appoint people in charge of each position and the committee will proceed through deliberations that will include participation from personnel and other parties.",
"ref": "2024 March 29, 稲葉延雄, quotee, “第213回国会 参議院 総務委員会 第7号 令和6年3月29日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館, retrieved 13 Dec 2025:",
"roman": "Kaku-shokushu no sekinin o motsu mono o shimei shi, jinji nado mo sanka suru gōgi ni yori iinkai o susumete iku to iu katachi ni ita shimasu.",
"text": "各職種の責任を持つ者を指名し、人事なども参加する合議により委員会を進めていくという形にいたします。",
"translation": "We will appoint people in charge of each position and the committee will proceed through deliberations that will include participation from personnel and other parties.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"nominate, designate, choose a person"
],
"links": [
[
"nominate",
"nominate"
],
[
"designate",
"designate"
],
[
"choose",
"choose"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "しめー"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɕime̞ː]"
}
],
"word": "指名"
}
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