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name
A word or set of words by which a person or thing is known.
お名前は何ですか。
What is your name?
名前を書いてください。
Please write your name.
友達の名前がなかなか思い出せなくて困った。
I couldn't remember my friend's name and it bothered me.
日本では名字を先に言って、その後に名前を言います。
In Japan, you say your family name first, then your given name.
子どもが生まれたとき、いい名前を付けたいと思って、何日も考えてやっと決めた。
When our child was born, we wanted to give a good name, so we thought about it for days before finally deciding.
名前 is the general word for name.
WORD FORMATION:
名 (name) + 前 (front) – literally "the front name."
JAPANESE NAME ORDER:
Family name (名字/苗字) comes before given name (下の名前).
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- お名前は?: What is your name? (polite)
- 名前を呼ぶ: to call someone's name
- 名前を覚える: to remember a name
- 名前を付ける: to give a name
- 名前負け: not living up to one's name
NAME-RELATED VOCABULARY:
- 名字/苗字: surname, family name
- 下の名前: first name, given name
- 本名: real name
- 偽名: false name
- 名札: name tag
- 名刺: business card
RELATED: 名 is the shorter literary form for "name."