ミッション

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

Used for an organized mission, delegation, or team sent for a particular purpose, often in international, government, or organizational contexts.

国こく連れんのミッションが現げん地ちの状じょう況きょうを調ちょう査さした。
A UN mission investigated the situation on the ground.

noun

A task or objective to be carried out. Common in games, business, and motivational language; often feels more modern or punchy than 任務 or 課題.

今日きょうのミッションは、午ご前ぜん中ちゅうに資し料りょうを確かく認にんすることだ。
Today's mission is to check the documents before noon.
このゲームでは毎まい日にち新あたらしいミッションが出でる。
In this game, a new mission appears every day.

noun

religious mission; missionary work

Religious use referring to a mission or missionary activity, especially in a Christian context.

彼かれは海かい外がいでキリスト教きょうのミッションに参さん加かした。
He took part in a Christian mission overseas.

noun

mission school

abbreviation

Abbreviation of ミッションスクール. This use is context-dependent and often refers to a Christian-affiliated school.

任にん務む
A native Sino-Japanese word for a duty or assigned task; more formal and less game-like or slogan-like than ミッション.
使し命めい
Means a mission in the sense of a calling or important purpose; more solemn and value-oriented than the task sense of ミッション.
トランスミッション
The full automotive term for a transmission; ミッション can be used as a shortened form in car-related contexts.

Only the katakana form is given; no language-of-origin data is specified; treat it as a modern katakana term rather than a kanji-derived word.