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指し名めい
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
1. naming; nominating; designating
2. calling on; asking for; requesting
Kanji used
指finger名name
Pitch accent
しめい
Used in vocabulary
指し名めい手て配はい
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
Noun
指し名めい試じ合あい
title match
Noun
指し名めい投とう票ひょう
roll call vote
Noun
指し名めい打だ者しゃ
designated hitter; DH
Noun
指し名めい通つう話わ
person-to-person call; personal call
Noun
指し名めい受じゅ諾だく演えん説ぜつ
acceptance speech
Noun
首しゅ相しょう指し名めい
nomination to become prime minister
Noun
指し名めい運うん転てん者しゃ
designated driver (to prevent drunk driving)
Noun
首しゅ相しょう指し名めい選せん挙きょ
vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister
Expression
首しゅ班はん指し名めい
Diet nomination of a prime minister
Noun
逆ぎゃく指し名めい
nominating oneself (to something one is usually nominated to by someone else); self-nomination; designating the baseball club one (as a draft candidate) wants to join (through a system used in Japan between 1993-2007)
Noun
指し名めい委い員いん会かい
nominating committee; nomination committee
Noun
Examples13
Which beautician would you like?
I would like to nominate Don Jones as chairman.
He rose to speak in answer to his name.
I second his nomination.
We appointed him as our representative.
The President nominated him to be Secretary of State.