声明

See also: 聲明

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 声明 – 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
声 明
せい
Grade: 2
めい
Grade: 2
kan’on
Alternative spelling
聲明 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

声(せい)明(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)を発表(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

声(せい)明(めい)する • (seimei suru) suru (stem 声(せい)明(めい)し (seimei shi), past 声(せい)明(めい)した (seimei shita))

  1. to announce, to declare
Conjugation

Etymology 2

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

Noun

声(しょう)明(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.
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