命めいめいじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounorder; command; decreeFormal or authoritative instruction, often from a superior or ruler. Common in compounds like 命令 (めいれい).See also: 命令王おうは家か臣しんに命めいを下くだした。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe king gave an order to his retainer.2nounlifeRefers to life itself, often in a somewhat formal or literary context. More common in compounds like 生命 (せいめい).See also: 生命人じん命めいを救すくうために行こう動どうした。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe acted to save human life.3noundestiny; fateOne's predetermined course of events; often used in a philosophical or dramatic sense. Frequently appears in the compound 運命 (うんめい).See also: 運命それは彼かれの命めいだったのかもしれない。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThat may have been his fate.See all 33 example sentences ›Expressions五ご十じゅう知ち命めいat fifty, one knows Heaven's will命めいによりunder the orders of; by order of命めいを奉ほうじるobey orders; follow a command命めい旦たん夕せきに迫せまるto be on the brink of death; to be at death's door余よ命めいいくばくもないhaving little time left to live; one's days are numbered
