名うて
Japanese
editKanji in this term |
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名 |
な Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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名打て 名打 |
Etymology
edit名 (na, “name”) + 打て (ute, continuative form of 打てる (uteru))
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- famous, well-known
- 1897, 森鴎外, そめちがへ[1], 青空文庫:
- 代地に名うての待合朝倉の戸口を開けて、つと入り来るは四十近いでつぷり太つた男
- Daichi ni naute no machiai Asakura no toguchi o akete, tsuto irikuru wa shijū chikai deppuri futotta otoko
- A stout man of about forty years opened the door of Asakura, the famous teahouse in the substitute land, and swiftly came in.
- 代地に名うての待合朝倉の戸口を開けて、つと入り来るは四十近いでつぷり太つた男
Usage notes
editAlso used in a negative sense.
- 名うての悪党 ― naute no akutō ― a notorious villain