Word Meaning 指名手配

しめいてはい shimeitehai

指名手配 is read as しめいてはい (shimeitehai) and means putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list.

Meaning

English

putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list

Reading

Kana

しめいてはい

Romaji

shimeitehai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 14524 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

指名手配人

しめいてはいじん

wanted criminal

指名

しめい

calling on

指し手

さして

move (in shogi, chess, etc.)

指名通話

しめいつうわ

person-to-person call

手配

てはい

search (by police)

国際手配

こくさいてはい

Interpol notice (circulation)

特別手配

とくべつてはい

putting (a person deemed especially dangerous) on the nationwide wanted list

指名投票

しめいとうひょう

roll call vote

指名委員会

しめいいいんかい

nominating committee

指標名

しひょうめい

index-name

指名受諾演説

しめいじゅだくえんぜつ

acceptance speech

名指し

なざし

calling by name

Example Sentences

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."

お兄ちゃん、このお魚本当に美味しいの？黒鯛が極道に落ちて、全国指名手配されたみたいなお魚だよ？

Hey, is this fish tasty for real? It looks like a black porgy who'd fallen in with mobsters and been put on the country's most wanted list!?