号ごう令れい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

号令する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for giving orders to a group, such as in military, sports, or organizational settings. Often implies a loud, authoritative command.

classroom bowing ritual

Specifically the ritual of bowing at the beginning and end of a school class, often led by a class monitor with phrases like 起立・礼.

〈人ひと〉の号ごう令れいの下もとにunder someone's command/orders
監かん督とくの号ごう令れいの下もとに、選せん手しゅたちは一いっ斉せいに走はしり出だした。
Under the coach's command, the players all started running at once.
〈人ひと〉が号ごう令れいをかけるfor someone to call out the order (e.g. to bow in class)
学がっ級きゅう委い員いんが「起き立りつ、礼れい」と号ごう令れいをかけた。
The class monitor called out the command, "Stand, bow."
号ごう令れいに従したがうto obey/follow a command
兵へい士したちは号ごう令れいに従したがって行こう動どうした。
The soldiers acted in accordance with the command.

命めい令れいN3sense 1
命令 is a general word for an order or command from a superior, while 号令 specifically means a loud, authoritative command given to a group, as in military or classroom settings.
指し示じN3sense 1
指示 is a neutral instruction or direction that can be quiet and one-on-one, whereas 号令 implies a forceful, group-directed shout of command.
指し令れいN1sense 1
指令 is an official directive or order issued through a chain of command, while 号令 is the actual spoken command shouted to a group.
掛かけ声ごえ
号令 is a formal command or order shouted to make a group act in unison (e.g. military drills), while 掛け声 is more casual and can simply be encouragement without a command structure.

号ごう令れい一いっ下か
at the word of command; upon receiving the order; as soon as the order is given

Compound of 号 (signal, call) and 令 (order, command). The specific classroom bowing sense is a modern educational usage.