Word of the Day: Meirei 命令
16 Feb
Arabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei Ou
Word of the Day: 命令 (noun, suru verb) An order; a decree.
Notes: By itself, 命 can be read as いのち(noun: life). It forms the root of the transitive verb 命じる and appears as the めい in 運命(noun: fate).
令 appears in compounds like 禁令 (noun: prohibition; ban), 発令 (noun, suru verb: announcement; order), and 禁令 (noun, no adjective: laws and ordinances; legislative acts).