功名|こうみょうkoumyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noungreat achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction
   彼かれは抜ぬけがけの功名こうみょうをたてた。↗

   He forestalled everybody in accomplishing.

• Synonym功績こうせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. An achievement stressing concrete contribution to society or an organization, as in 「功績を称える」; unlike 「功名」, it carries no sense of winning fame.
• Synonym手柄てがらNeutralAn everyday word for a concrete deed or feat one has performed, as in 「手柄を立てる」; more colloquial than 「功名」.
• Synonym偉業いぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A great feat or grand undertaking, as in 「偉業を成し遂げる」.
• Synonym功こうNeutral「労り」 is read 「いたわり」. Usually care or consideration for others, but also labor and service for someone and the merit earned; it has no sense of winning fame.
• Synonym勲いさおWrittenWritten/formal prose with an archaic, elegant flavor. Outstanding meritorious deeds; it lacks the fame nuance that 「功名」 has.
• Synonym偉勲いくんFormalFormal and rare. A great, outstanding feat of merit; grander and more solemn than 「功名」.
• Synonym功業こうぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. An undertaking marked by distinguished deeds; the emphasis falls on the enterprise itself rather than on fame.
• Synonym偉烈いれつFormalFormal and rare. Outstanding, momentous deeds of merit; found almost only in written prose.
• Synonym事績じせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Deeds and achievements accomplished in life; leans toward the record of a person's career.
• Synonym大功たいこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A huge deed of merit or great undertaking; the difference from 「功名」 is one of scale.
• Synonym功勲FormalFormal. Distinguished deeds of merit; more solemn than 「功名」, stressing the merit itself rather than the fame it brings.
• Related業績ぎょうせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Results achieved in business or research, e.g. company performance; leans toward tangible track record, unlike the fame of 「功名」.
• Antonym失態しったいNeutralA blunder that costs one face, an embarrassing failure; the opposite of 「功名」, which is about winning renown through deeds.
• Antonym汚名おめいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A disgraceful, dishonorable reputation; the direct opposite of the fame 「功名」 denotes.

Use 「功名」 for winning fame through a deed; common in 「功名心」, 「怪我の功名」 and 「功名を立てる」. For a concrete feat say 「手柄」, for contributions to society 「功績」, for business or research results 「業績」. The remaining terms are mostly literary or formal words for great deeds and merit; 「失態」 and 「汚名」 are the opposites.

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1. 手柄てがらにより名なをあげること。そのような名声めいせい。