Illustration: In the storeroom of a neighborhood grocery, a supervisor directs a new worker carrying a crate of cabbages. With one hand she points firmly to a cleared lower shelf; with the other she demonstrates lowering the load gently, palms down.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

指し示じ

shiji

instructions, directions

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちはあなたを空港くうこうまでお連つれするようにとの指示しじを受うけています。

    I have been instructed to take you to the airport.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれの指示しじは明白めいはくだった。

    He was explicit in his instruction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 指示しじに従したがわざるを得えない。

    There is nothing for me to do except to obey the order.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 指示

  • 指finger; pointOnシKunゆび・さす
  • 示show; indicateOnジ・シKunしめす

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