使し命めい
Meanings
Noun
1. mission; errand
That's our mission this time.
2. task; duty; obligation
Protecting children is a parent's duty.
Kanji used
use (something physical)
continued existence
Pitch accent
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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)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to carry out one's mission
to be charged with a mission
Examples (11 in total)
That's our mission this time.
I intend to fulfill my mission.
Protecting children is a parent's duty.
He was given an important mission.
I am charged with an important mission.
Protecting the safety of citizens is a cop's duty, as they say!
Their mission was to deliver the letter safely.
If the mission is accomplished, we shall be free.
I'll take that duty on myself.
The astronauts completed their mission and returned to Earth.
The soldiers' mission was to destroy the bridge.