Word Meaning 指名
指名 is read as しめい (shimei) and means calling on.
Meaning
English
- calling on
- asking for
- requesting
- naming
- nominating
- designating
Reading
Kana
しめい
Romaji
shimei
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12逆指名
ぎゃくしめい
designating the baseball club one (as a draft candidate) wants to join (through a system used in Japan between 1993-2007)
Example Sentences
10私は議長に指名された。
I was appointed chairperson.
彼女は議長に指名された。
She was named as chairman.
トムは僕らの指名運転手です。
Tom is our designated driver.
四十七人が指名を望んでいた。
Forty-seven men wanted the nomination.
先生は私たちを順番に指名した。
Our teacher called our names in turn.
戸川さんは市長候補に指名された。
Mr Togawa was nominated for mayor.
トムは臨時ヘッドコーチに指名された。
Tom has been named interim head coach.
２１２ー８３６ー１７２５に指名通話をかけたいんだけど。
I want to make a person-to person call to 212-836-1725.
日本の国会は、第８２代首相に橋本龍太郎氏を指名した。
Ryuutarou Hashimoto has been appointed the 82nd prime minister of the National Diet of Japan.
そもそも指名手配されただけでは「犯人」じゃないです。
In any case, just being wanted by the police isn't enough to make you "a criminal."