指名|しめいshimei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbnaming; nominating; designating
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcalling on; asking for; requesting
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 指名する（しめいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 指名します（しめいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 指名しない（しめいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 指名しません（しめいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 指名せず・指名せぬ（しめいせず・しめいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 指名した（しめいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 指名しました（しめいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 指名しなかった（しめいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 指名しませんでした（しめいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 指名して（しめいして） |
| Potential | 指名できる（しめいできる） |
| Passive | 指名される（しめいされる） |
| Causative | 指名させる（しめいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 指名させられる（しめいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 指名すれば（しめいすれば） |
| tara | 指名したら（しめいしたら） |
| Volitional | 指名しよう（しめいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 指名しましょう（しめいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 指名しろ（しめいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym指定していNeutralNeutral. Means clearly designating or specifying something, as in 「指定席」; the object can be a thing or a person.
- Synonym名指しなざしNeutralNeutral. Pointing out a person by name — naming names, whether face to face or in news reports, as in 「名指しで批判する」.
- SynonymノミネーションNeutralNeutral loanword. Putting someone forward as a candidate for a post or prize, e.g. a film-award nomination.
- Related任命にんめいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for formally conferring a post, as in 「大臣に任命」; it focuses on giving a position, while 「指名」 is about naming or singling someone out.
- Related選任せんにんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for choosing a suitable person for a post, as in 「役員の選任」; formal, and not necessarily by election.
- Related委任いにんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for entrusting a task to someone else, as in 「委任状」; it centers on delegation and authorization.
- Related任じるにんじるWrittenWritten/formal prose. A verb for appointing someone or taking on a role oneself, as in 「自ら任じる」.
- Related任ずるにんずるWrittenWritten/formal prose. A -zuru variant of 「任じる」 with the same sense: to appoint to a post, as in 「議長に任ずる」. Leans toward conferring a position; 「指名」 toward naming.
- Related就けるつけるWrittenWritten/formal prose. A verb for putting someone into a position or post, as in 「王位に就ける」.
- Related叙任じょにんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Conferring official posts and titles of rank; it has a historical flavor and is rarely used today.
Default to 「指名」 for naming or singling out a person or thing, as in 「指名手配」 and 「指名打者」. For conferring a post use 「任命」, for designating a place or thing 「指定」, for naming names 「名指し」, and for putting forward a candidate 「ノミネーション」. The remaining six are written/formal words for appointments and delegation.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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