奉じる

ほうじる

to present, to dedicate

命じる

めいじる

to order, to command, to appoint

幣を奉る

ぬさをたてまつる ぬさをまつる

to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

奉勅命令

ほうちょくめいれい

command sanctioned by the emperor, imperial command

命を削る

いのちをけずる

to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death

命を張る

いのちをはる

to put one's life on the line

奉る

たてまつる まつる

to offer, to present

命を懸ける

いのちをかける

to put one's life on the line, to risk one's life, to put everything one has into it

命を捨てる

いのちをすてる

to give one's life, to lay down one's life

命を捧げる

いのちをささげる

to give one's life (e.g. in battle), to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)

命を縮める

いのちをちぢめる

to shorten one's life

天命を知る

てんめいをしる

to turn 50, to reach 50 years of age

命じ終わる

めいじおわる

to finish giving orders

奉ずる

ほうずる

to present, to dedicate

命令を伝える

めいれいをつたえる

to pass on an order, to pass the word

使命を帯びる

しめいをおびる

to be charged with a mission

宣命を含める

せんみょうをふくめる

to make someone understand their fate, to reason with, to persuade, to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused)

寿命を縮める

じゅみょうをちぢめる

to shorten one's life

命を保つ

いのちをたもつ

to preserve life