声明

See also: 聲明

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 聲明 (“statement; declaration; announcement; to state; to declare; to announce”).
(This term is the simplified form of 聲明).
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 2
めい
Grade: 2
kan'on
Alternative spelling
聲明 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーめー [sèéméé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

(せい)(めい) • (seimei

  1. a public statement or declaration
    政府(せいふ)は「(ミサイル発射実験(はっしゃじっけん)は)きわめて遺憾(いかん)」とする声明(せいめい)発表(はっぴょう)した。
    Seifu wa “(misairu hassha jikken wa) kiwamete ikan” to suru seimei o happyō shita.
    The government issued a statement saying the missile test was 'regrettable.'
Derived terms

Verb

(せい)(めい)する • (seimei surusuru (stem (せい)(めい) (seimei shi), past (せい)(めい)した (seimei shita))

  1. to announce, to declare
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 2
みょう
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
聲明 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーみょー [shòómyóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) しょーみょー [shóꜜòmyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːmʲo̞ː]

Noun

(しょう)(みょう) • (shōmyō

  1. (Buddhism) a type of liturgical chant

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.