Kanji命
Readingめい
Frequency66%
Used in (410 in total)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
fate; destiny; lot
to order; to command; to appoint
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
vitality; (one's) life force
fate; destiny; predestination
life form; life-form
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
end of life; death; breathing one's last
fate; destiny
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
to order; to command; to appoint
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
naming; christening
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
(human) life
strict order; peremptory command
imperial command
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
being alive
one life; one's life; one order; one command
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
revolutionary army
order; command; life; destiny; fate
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to carry out one's mission
decree; directive
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
under the orders of; by order (command)
revolutionaries
short life; short lived
secret orders
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
to escape death; to be saved from death
accuracy of fire (gun, missile, etc.)
sharing a common destiny; sitting in the same boat
refugee; exile; displaced persons
French Revolution (1789-1799)
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
one's predestined length of life; destiny; fate
ruler's orders; master's orders
imperial command; royal command
life; thread of life
chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
command; order; request; order (for an item)
to pass on an order; to pass the word
losing one's life; death
order; command
fateful; predestined
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
in one's lifetime; (while) in life
reporting; returning (one's findings to a person)
marching orders; sailing orders
to be charged with a mission
revolutionary government
peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
Russian Revolution (1917-1923)
another order; different order; special mission
imperative form; command
order (to an employee from management)
span of life; one's term of existence; destiny; fate; assigning a name to a number
the orders of one's ruler
order from the company president
cease and desist order; stay order; discontinuance order; suspension order
counterrevolution
(direct) hit; straight shot
divine command; heaven's will
player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete
disobeying an order; insubordination
having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
irony of fate; twist of fate
misfortune; short life; evil fate
life-prolonging treatment
revolutionary; child of the revolution; man of revolutionary temperament
unconditional command; must-obey order
emergency and critical care centre (center)
feudal decree; edict by a daimyo
imperative sentence; imperative statement
fate; life or death
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
will; dying instructions
private or secret orders
people's revolution; popular revolution
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
imperial command; government order
christening (ceremony)
feeling of vitality; sense of being alive
hospital emergency room
man proposes, God disposes; do your best and leave the rest to providence; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
lifesaving equipment
La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); The Force of Destiny
beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young
revolutionary war for independence
(China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
transient life; ephemeral existence
interdict; prohibition order; writ of prohibition
to turn 50; to reach 50 years of age
gracious command or words
wearing oneself out with work
spiritual peace and enlightenment; keeping an unperturbed mind through faith
July Revolution (France, 1830)
February Revolution (France, 1848); February Revolution (Russia, 1917)
call; divine call
German Revolution (1918-1919)
commanding attitude; authoritative tone
IT revolution; information revolution
Xinhai Revolution (of China; 1911)
unnatural or untimely death
company orders
Deuteronomy (book of the Bible)
paramedic; emergency medical technician
naming convention; naming rule
anniversary of a person's death
March Revolution (Austria and Germany, 1848); February Revolution (Russia, 1917)
written appointment
Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth
peace of mind
preserving one's life; longevity; long life
Operation Code; opcode
official orders
to be on the brink of death
agricultural revolution; agrarian revolution
Glorious Revolution (England; 1688-1689); Revolution of 1688
revolutionary song
administrative or executive order
scientific revolution
court injunction; court order
imperial command
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together
baptism day; name day
Minister of State for Special Missions
escape chute; survival kit; lifebuoy
political asylum; political exile
receiving an order; commission; receiving a mandate from heaven and becoming an emperor (in China)
waiting for orders
sexual revolution
minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary
Cuban Revolution (1953-1959)
East European Revolution (of 1989); fall of Communism
hypothetical imperative
losing one's life; dying
marching order; go-ahead
emergency room; ER; emergency department; ED; accident and emergency department; A&E
May 68 (period of civil unrest in France; May-June 1968)
order of attachment; attachment order; seizure order
by order (of a superior); as instructed; official (e.g. notification)
health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
command sanctioned by the emperor; imperial command
orders for improvement (from an authority to a business operator in its jurisdiction)
imperial army order
acting career; career as an actress
group credit life insurance; creditor's group life insurance; creditor's insurance policy
at age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven
telegraphed instructions
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia; FARC
something someone said; nature of something someone said
sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty (calling)
Life Insurance Association of Japan
disobedience
appointer; person with appointive power
propositional logic; propositional calculus
postal life insurance; post-office life insurance
to finish giving orders
retronym; rebaptism; anabaptism
literary revolution (of China; post-1917 emphasis on vernacular forms)
affirmative proposition
imperial order
paramedic; emergency medical technician
life raft; lifeboat
health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)
Mexican Revolution (1910)
Jasmine Revolution (2010-2011)
consumer revolution; consumption revolution
case fatality rate
Green Revolution; Third Agricultural Revolution
court order for compensation
to engrave in one's heart; (lit.) to inscribe on one's liver
Young Turk Revolution (Ottoman Empire, 1908)
American Family Life Assurance; Aflac
Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
imperial army order
October Revolution (Russia, 1917); German Revolution (1918-1919)
vital functions; life processes; biological activity
single step operation; step-by-step operation
single step operation; step-by-step operation
namer; author (of a scientific name)
absolute priority; supreme imperative; highest priority task; most pressing issue
binomial nomenclature
operation order
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; ICZN
new martyr; neomartyr
instruction execution retry
numeration system
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology; KRIBB
propositional (sentential) function
no operation instruction; no op
relative command; relative instruction
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (or Computing); RISC
absolute command; absolute instruction
display command; display instruction
converse proposition
imperial army order
Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration)
macro instruction
instruction address register; program register; instruction pointer register
instruction address register; program register; instruction pointer register
instruction register
White Paper Revolution (2022 COVID-19 protests in China); A4 Revolution
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
arithmetic instruction; arithmetic statement
theory of permanent revolution (esp. Trotsky)
telling a patient how long they have left to live; giving a diagnosis of terminal illness
Iranian Revolution (1978)
Orange Revolution (Ukraine, 2004-2005)
colour revolution; color revolution
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Iran); IRGC
imperial army order
immediate instruction
cease and desist order (issued under the Anti-monopoly Act)
French Revolutionary Calendar; French Republican Calendar
Umbrella Revolution (protests in Hong Kong in 2014)
image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant)