しめい
Meanings
Noun
1. mission; errand
2. task; duty; obligation
Pitch accent
めい
Composed of
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
order; command; life; destiny; fate
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to carry out one's mission
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to be charged with a mission
sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty (calling)
messenger
Examples (3 in total)
He was given an important mission.
I am charged with an important mission.
The soldiers' mission was to destroy the bridge.