名義|めいぎmeigi[3]odaka (tail-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounname (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; published name
    彼かれは娘むすめの名義めいぎで毎月まいつき収入しゅうにゅうから1万いちまん円えん貯蓄ちょちくした。↗
    Every month, he saved ten thousand yen out of his income for his daughter.
  2. nounmoral duty
  3. nounjustification; pretext
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related名なNeutralBroad noun covering names and fame, as in 「名を残す」; unlike 「名義」, it has no special link to names registered on legal or official documents.
  • Related名目めいもくWrittenA written/formal word for a nominal name or pretext, as in 「出張の名目で」; it stresses the surface reason rather than a legally registered name.

Use 「名義」 for a name registered in legal or procedural contexts, as in 「名義変更」 or 「名義を貸す」. For names or fame in general use 「名」; for a surface pretext use 「名目」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 書類しょるいなどで責任者せきにんしゃや所有者しょゆうしゃなどを示しめすために使つかう表立おもてだった名前なまえ。作品さくひんの発表者はっぴょうしゃとしての名前なまえ。
  2. 表面的ひょうめんてきな名称めいしょう。
  3. 名なに応おうじて立たてる道義どうぎ上じょうの分限ぶんげん。名分めいぶん。
  4. 表向おもてむきの理由りゆう。名目めいもく。
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