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JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

命めいじる

meijiru

to order, to command

Example sentences

キャプテンは静しずかにするように命めいじた。
The captain commanded silence.
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彼かれは帰国きこくを命めいじられた。
He was ordered home.
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彼かれは私わたしに禁煙きんえんを命めいじた。
He told me not to smoke.
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Kanji in 命

命fate; commandOnメイ・ミョウKunいのち

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