Meaning
appoint · command · decree · destiny · fate · life
On'yomi
ミョウ · メイ
Kun'yomi
いのち
Common compounds (45)
- 一生けんめい いっしょうけんめいvery hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately
- 命名 めいめいnaming; christening
- 革命 かくめい58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
- 生命 せいめい(one's) working life; career
- 命令 めいれい(software) instruction; statement
- 命とり いのちとりfatal; deadly; mortal
- 亡命 ぼうめいfleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
- 使命 しめいmission; errand
- 運命 うんめいfate; destiny; lot
- 懸命 けんめいeager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
- 寿命 じゅみょうlife (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
- 任命 にんめいappointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation