記名(きめい)

きめい
noun, verb (suru)
writing one's name; signing; named
1. writing one's name; signing; putting one's name on something
The act of writing or printing one's name on a document, form, ballot, or object. Distinct from a signature or seal — it simply means that a name is recorded.
投票用紙(とうひょうようし)に記名(きめい)する。
Write a name on the ballot.
持(も)ち物(もの)には記名(きめい)してください。
Please put your name on your belongings.
記名(きめい)式(しき)の投票(とうひょう)では、自分(じぶん)の名前(なまえ)を書(か)いた上(うえ)で候補者名(こうほしゃめい)を書(か)く必要(ひつよう)がある。
In a signed ballot, you need to write your own name in addition to the candidate's name.

USAGE NOTES:
記名(きめい) is a compound of 記(き) (to record) and 名(めい) (name). It simply means that a name is written down, as opposed to being anonymous.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 署名(しょめい) — a signature (the act of signing one's name as authentication)
  • 記名(きめい) — writing one's name (not necessarily as a signature or legal act)
  • 無記名(むきめい) — anonymous, unnamed (the opposite: 無記名(むきめい)投票(とうひょう) = secret ballot)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 記名(きめい)投票(とうひょう) (signed/open ballot)
  • 無記名(むきめい)投票(とうひょう) (secret/anonymous ballot)
  • 記名(きめい)式(しき) (signed/named format)
  • 記名(きめい)する (write one's name)
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Added 2026.3.4 13:37
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