使命

• 読み: しめい
• ローマ字: shimei
• 漢字の分解: 使 (shi) — use, envoy, messenger; 命 (mei/inochi) — life, command, fate
• 発音: /ɕi.meː/

意味

Mission; duty; calling. A task or purpose one is entrusted with or feels compelled to fulfil.

A formal noun conveying a sense of important purpose or responsibility. Stronger than 任務 (duty/assignment), 使命 implies a deep, often moral or existential calling. Common in formal speeches, corporate vision statements, and discussions of life purpose. Frequently paired with 果たす (to fulfil) or 感 (sense of mission).

例文

1. 医者としての使命を果たしたい。
2. 会社の使命は社会に貢献することだ。
3. 強い使命感がなければこの仕事は続けられない。

使い方ガイド

場面: speeches, corporate, philosophy

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

Compound of 使 (shi, envoy/use) + 命 (mei, life/command). Originally meant a command given to an envoy, evolving into the broader sense of an important mission or calling one is charged with.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal