Kanji
Readingめい
Frequency66%
Used in (357 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; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
vitality; (one's) life force
fate; destiny; predestination
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
end of life; death; annihilation
fate; destiny
to order; to command; to appoint
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
flight 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
naming; christening
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
(human) life
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
strict order; peremptory command
imperial command
(a) life; (a) command
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
being alive
revolutionary army
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
order; command; life; destiny; fate
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
decree; directive
to carry out one's mission
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
revolutionaries
under the orders of; by order (command)
short life; short lived
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
to escape death; to be saved from death
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
accuracy of fire (gun, missile, etc.)
the Industrial Revolution
refugee; exile; displaced persons
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
imperial command; royal command
ruler's orders; master's orders
life; thread of life
command; order; request
losing one's life; death
to pass on an order; to pass the word
order; command
fateful; predestined
chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
one's predestined length of life; destiny; fate
reporting; returning (one's findings to a person)
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
in one's lifetime; (while) in life
marching orders; sailing orders
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
to be charged with a mission
revolutionary government
Russian Revolution
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
order (to an employee from management)
another or separate order
span of life; one's term of existence; destiny; fate; assigning a name to a number
imperative form; command
the orders of one's ruler
peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative
counterrevolution
player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete
(issuing) order requiring somebody to report personally (to a police station); subpoena
cease and desist order; stay order; discontinuance order; suspension order
misfortune; short life; evil fate
irony of fate; twist of fate
order from the company president
divine command; heaven's will
emergency and critical care centre (center)
feudal decree; edict by a daimyo
having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered
life-prolonging treatment
revolutionary; child of the revolution; man of revolutionary temperament
fate; life or death
will; dying instructions
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
unconditional command; must-obey order
imperative sentence; imperative statement
private or secret orders
(direct) hit; straight shot
imperial command; government order
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
people's revolution; popular revolution
hospital emergency room
feeling of vitality; sense of being alive
lifesaving equipment
beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young
man proposes, God disposes; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
transient life; ephemeral existence
agency of fate; power of fate; La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny
(China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
to turn 50; to reach 50 years of age
interdict; prohibition order; writ of prohibition
christening (ceremony)
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)
German Revolution (1918-1919)
commanding attitude; authoritative tone
Xinhai Revolution (of China; 1911)
unnatural or untimely death
call; divine call
IT revolution; information revolution
Deuteronomy (book of the Bible)
company orders
paramedic; emergency medical technician
March Revolution (Austria and Germany, 1848); February Revolution (Russia, 1917)
written appointment
peace of mind
anniversary of a person's death
preserving one's life; longevity; long life
Operation Code; opcode
official orders
Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth
Glorious Revolution (1688-1689)
agricultural revolution; agrarian revolution
administrative or executive order
revolutionary song
to be on the brink of death
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)
baptism day; name day
Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
political asylum; political exile
waiting for orders
beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together
Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary
escape chute; survival kit; lifebuoy
hypothetical imperative
marching order; go-ahead
emergency room; ER; casualty department
May 68 (period of civil unrest in France; May-June 1968)
losing one's life; dying
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
imperial army order
acting career; career as an actress
at age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven
telegraphed instructions
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
command sanctioned by the emperor; imperial command
something somebody said; nature of something somebody said
sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty (calling)
disobedience
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
life raft; lifeboat
health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
Mexican Revolution (1910)
Jasmine Revolution (2010-2011)
shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)
consumer revolution; consumption revolution
case fatality rate
to engrave in one's heart; (lit.) to inscribe on one's liver
imperial army order
October Revolution (Russia, 1917); German Revolution (1918-1919)
single step operation; step-by-step operation
single step operation; step-by-step operation
binomial nomenclature
operation order
appointer; person with appointive power
instruction execution retry
numeration system
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)
zero address instruction
macro instruction
instruction address register; program register; instruction pointer register
instruction address register; program register; instruction pointer register
instruction register
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
arithmetic instruction; arithmetic statement
theory of permanent revolution (esp. Trotsky)
Iranian Revolution
Orange Revolution (Ukraine, 2004-2005)
colour revolution; color revolution
imperial army order
immediate instruction
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)