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任命状 (ninmeijou) Japanese meaning: written appointment | Kotomora

任にん命めい状じょう

Meanings

1

written appointment; letter of appointment

A formal document certifying an official appointment or commission.

新しん部ぶ長ちょうには任にん命めい状じょうが手て渡わたされた。
The new department head was handed a letter of appointment.

Kanji

任responsibility, duty, term
命fate, command, decree
状status quo, conditions, circumstances

Related words

辞じ令れい
辞令 is a more common, general term for an official notice of personnel changes, including appointments, while 任命状 specifically refers to the written document of appointment.

Built from

任にん命めい

Etymology

Compound of 任命 (appointment) and 状 (document, letter).