銘柄|めいがらmeigara[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounbrand; make; description
   彼女かのじょはあの銘柄めいがらが一番いちばんだと思おもっている。↗

   She swears by that brand.
2. noun, financetrading name (on a stock exchange); issue; security
   １０００銘柄めいがら以上いじょうの株かぶが取引所とりひきしょに上場じょうじょうされている。↗

   More than 1000 issues are listed on the stock exchange.

• SynonymブランドNeutralLoanword for brand; the most common word in everyday use, and often refers to designer or luxury brands.
• Synonym商品名しょうひんめいNeutralNeutral word for a product name, focusing on the name of a specific product.
• SynonymトレードマークNeutralLoanword for trademark, also used figuratively for a person's signature feature, as in 「彼のトレードマーク」.
• Synonym商標名しょうひょうめいWrittenWritten/formal term for the name of a trademark, with legal overtones; 銘柄, by contrast, covers brand names of sake, rice, or stocks.
• Synonymブランド名ブランドめいNeutralNeutral word for a brand name, focusing on the name itself.
• Related商標しょうひょうWrittenWritten/formal legal term for a trademark, focusing on the identifying mark itself, which may include a name; 「銘柄」 is the brand or issue name of goods or stocks.
• Related登録商標とうろくしょうひょうWrittenWritten/formal legal term for a trademark registered with the Patent Office; a legal concept rather than a brand or stock name.

Use 「銘柄」 for the brand names of sake, rice and the like, and for the names of stocks and securities, as in 「人気銘柄」 and 「銘柄米」. For everyday brands pick 「ブランド」, for product names 「商品名」, for legal trademarks 「商標」, and for a signature feature 「トレードマーク」.

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

1. 商品しょうひんの名称めいしょう。商標しょうひょう。ブランド。
2. 有価証券ゆうかしょうけんの名称めいしょう。