指し名めい

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指名する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

naming; nominating; designating

Used for formally selecting or appointing a person for a role, position, or task, such as a candidate, successor, or speaker.

calling on; asking for; requesting

Used when a customer or client specifically requests a particular person, such as a hairdresser, hostess, or service provider.

〈人ひと〉を指し名めいするto nominate/designate someone (for a role or task)
委い員いん会かいは彼かれを次じ期き会かい長ちょうに指し名めいした。
The committee designated him as the next chairman.
〈相あい手て〉を指し名めいするto ask for someone by name (as a customer)
常じょう連れん客きゃくはいつも同おなじ美び容よう師しを指し名めいする。
The regular customer always requests the same hairdresser.
〈人ひと〉に指し名めいされるto be nominated/designated by someone
彼かれは監かん督とくに指し名めいされてキャプテンになった。
He was named captain by the coach.
指し名めいを受うけるto receive a nomination
彼かの女じょは後こう継けい者しゃとしての指し名めいを受うけた。
She received the nomination as successor.

任にん命めいN1sense 1
任命 is a formal, official appointment to a position (often by an authority), while 指名 is a broader act of naming or designating someone, usable in everyday contexts too.
推すい薦せんN3sense 1
推薦 means recommending or suggesting someone as a candidate, whereas 指名 is the direct act of naming the specific person chosen.
選せん出しゅつN1sense 1
選出 implies selecting someone through a formal process such as voting, while 指名 is a direct designation without necessarily involving an election.
指し定ていN3
指定 is used for specifying things like time, place, or conditions, while 指名 is specifically for naming a person.

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名な指ざし
指名 is the neutral term for nominating or appointing someone to a role, while 名指し stresses the act of singling someone out by name, often accusingly.
指さすN3
指名する is the clear, everyday verb for formally nominating or naming someone, whereas 指す is more compact and often depends on context to convey the same idea.
命めいじるN3
指名する means to name or designate a specific person for a role, whereas 命じる emphasizes the authoritative act of assigning that role.
選せん任にん
指名 means to designate or name a specific person for a role without necessarily implying a formal selection process, while 選任 implies a more official, often collective, decision.

氏し名めいN3
氏名 (also read しめい) means a person's full name, while 指名 means naming or designating someone for a role or request.
使し命めいN1
使命 (also read しめい) means a mission or duty, while 指名 means naming or designating a specific person.
命めい名めい
命名 means to name or christen something, whereas 指名 means to nominate or designate a specific person, and the two are easily confused because both share the kanji 名.

逆ぎゃく指し名めい
self-nomination; nominating oneself · reverse draft designation; pre-draft player-team agreement
指し名めい手て配はい
wanted notice; putting on the wanted list
指し名めい打だ者しゃ
designated hitter; DH
指し名めい投とう票ひょう
roll call vote
指し名めい試じ合あい
title match

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Compound of 指 (point out, indicate) and 名 (name). The meaning 'to name or designate a person' is transparent from the kanji.