JLPT N3 · Verb

命じる (meijiru)

命じる (めいじる, meijiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to order; to command”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
めいじる
Romaji
meijiru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to order; to command · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to appoint · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

キャプテンは静かにするように命じた。
The captain commanded silence.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 命じる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary命じるめいじる meijiru
Polite (~masu)命じますめいじます meijimasu
Negative命じないめいじない meijinai
Polite negative命じませんめいじません meijimasen
Past命じためいじた meijita
Polite past命じましためいじました meijimashita
Negative past命じなかっためいじなかった meijinakatta
Te-form命じてめいじて meijite
Potential命じられるめいじられる meijirareru
Passive命じられるめいじられる meijirareru
Causative命じさせるめいじさせる meijisaseru
Volitional命じようめいじよう meijiyou
Imperative命じろめいじろ meijiro
Conditional (~ba)命じればめいじれば meijireba

Kanji in 命じる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 命じる.

Source: JMdict entry 1531950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.