名前
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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名 | 前 |
な Grade: 1 |
まえ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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名まえ (less common) |
Etymology edit
Derived from 名 (na, “name”) + 前 (-mae, front).[1][2][3] Compare Latin praenomen.
Appears as a term only in the last few centuries, becoming more widely used during the Meiji period.[1] Similarity to English name and other Indo-European words derived from *h₁nómn̥ is coincidental.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class, or thing)
- 2008 August 16, Gosho Aoyama, “FILE.5 憎悪の村 [File 5: Village of Hatred]”, in 名探偵コナン (名探偵コナン) [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 61 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:
- 2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “15撃目 趣味と仕事 [15th Hit: A Hobby, or a Job?]”, in ONEPUNCH-MAN [One-Punch Man], 6th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 178:
- (more specifically) a given name (excluding the surname)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- 名前解決 (namae kaiketsu)
- 名前看板 (namae kanban)
- 名前人 (namaenin)
- 名前負け (namaemake)
- 取り子名前 (torigo namae)
See also edit
- 名 (na, “name, title”, as of a book or other work)
- 名字, 苗字 (myōji, “surname”)
- 姓名 (seimei, “full name”)
- 氏名 (shimei, “full name”)
- 名称 (meishō, “name, appellation, what something or someone is called”)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “名前”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
Further reading edit
- “名前/なまえ”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2024.
Okinawan edit
Kanji in this term | |
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名 | 前 |
なー > な Grade: 1 |
めー Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Cognate with Japanese 名前 (namae, “name”).
Can be analyzable as derived from 名 (nā, “name”) + 前 (-mē, suffix describing a person to emphasize a quality or feature).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
名前 (namē)
- a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class, or thing)
- (more specifically) a given name (excluding the surname)