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令 : Orders

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Components:

orders, ancient laws, command, decree

On 'yomi:
レイ(rei)
Nanori:
のり(nori) りょう(ryou)(re)
Strokes:5
Radical: (9)
Usage Rating:804
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:4
Unicode:04ee4
jis208:46-65
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令 Usage examples

上からの命(うえからのめいれい)order from above
(しょうれい)imperial edict
を下す(めいれいをくだす)to give an order
を敷く(ほうれいをしく)to promulgate a law
を伝える(めいれいをつたえる)to pass on an order, to pass the word
(れいし)your (his) heir
長官(しれいちょうかん)Commander-in-Chief, C-in-C
(しれいとう)leader, boss
出頭命(しゅっとうめいれい)(issuing) order requiring somebody to report personally (to a police station), subpoena
仮言的命(かげんてきめいれい)hypothetical imperative
隔離命(かくりめいれい)isolation order
業務改善命(ぎょうむかいぜんめいれい)business improvement order
裁判所命(さいばんしょめいれい)court injunction, court order
社長命(しゃちょうめいれい)order from the company president
配備命(はいびめいれい)deployment order
廃刀(はいとうれい)sword prohibition
式ローマ字(くんれいしきローマじ)Kunrei-shiki romanization (romanisation), official kana romanization system
新聞辞(しんぶんじれい)appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong), announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation
口調(めいれいくちょう)tone of command, authoritative tone, commanding tone
(リョウブ)Japanese clethra, tree clethra, clethra barbinervis
(ごれいそく)
(ごれいそく)
son
順守(ほうれいじゅんしゅ)compliance (with laws and ordinances)
巧言色鮮し仁(こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん)
巧言色少なし仁(こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん)
巧言色すくなし仁(こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん)
those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion, a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall
箝口をしく(かんこうれいをしく)
箝口を敷く(かんこうれいをしく)
緘口を敷く(かんこうれいをしく)
to impose a gag order, to hush up, to order someone not to mention something
(れいせい)your nephew