名目|めいもくmeimoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivename; title; appellation; (something) nominal
   実質じっしつ成長せいちょうと名目めいもく成長率せいちょうりつの差さは物価上昇ぶっかじょうしょうを意味いみする。↗

   Price increases explain the difference between the real and nominal growth rates.
2. no-adjective(under the) pretext (of); pretense

• Synonym名称めいしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. The plain word for the name or title of a thing or organization, focused on what it is called; 「名目」 stresses a surface name or pretext.
• Synonym呼称こしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A designation or way of calling something, as in 「呼称を変更」; 「名目」 is about nominal names and pretexts.
• Related名なNeutralNeutral and very common in speech. Covers names broadly and even fame or reputation, a wider range than 「名目」 with its focus on nominal names and pretexts.
• Related名義めいぎWrittenWritten/formal prose. The name shown on documents to mark the owner or person in charge, as in 「名義変更」; also the name a work is published under.
• Related称しょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A title or designation, mostly used as a suffix as in 「愛称」; on its own it is literary.
• Antonym実質じっしつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Antonym: the substance or real content, set against surface 「名目」, as in 「名目と実質」.
• Antonym実態じったいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Antonym: the true state of affairs, as in 「実態調査」, contrasted with what is so only in name.

Use 「名目」 for a name in name only or a pretext, as in 「名目上」「名目賃金」. For official names of things pick 「名称」, for designations 「呼称」, for registered or signed names 「名義」. 「実質」 and 「実態」 give the substance and the real state behind the name.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 実際じっさいとは違ちがった、表向おもてむきの名称めいしょうや概念がいねん。
2. 物ものの名称めいしょうや物事ものごとの呼称こしょう。
3. 表面ひょうめん上じょうの理由りゆう。