► 名詞
名 [な] [名を成す] [liter] meaning: famous rank: 2
☆ 彼は事業家として名を成した ⇨ He became famous as an entrepreneur
名 [な] [名を轟かす] [liter] meaning: famous rank: 2
☆ 彼は天才武将として名を轟かせた ⇨ He became famous as a genius general
名 [な] [liter] meaning: name rank: 2
☆ 彼は未だ名が知られていない ⇨ His name is still not well known
► 接頭辞
名 [めい] meaning: great rank: 2
☆ シェイクスピアの名作 ⇨ A masterpiece by Shakespeare
☆ 彼は史上最高の名選手の一人だ ⇨ He is one of the greatest players of all time
More examples:
- 彼は毒舌評論家として有名だ ⇨ He’s notorious as an acid critic
- 名前は黒で塗り潰してあって読めなかった ⇨ The name was painted over with black and you couldn’t read it
- 彼の名前がどうしても思い出せなかった ⇨ I just wasn’t able to recall his name
- その上着には彼の名前が縫われている ⇨ His name is sewn on the jacket
- ヘミングウェイは作家、また冒険家として有名だった ⇨ Hemingway was famous as a writer, also as an adventurer
- 彼女は名器の持ち主と言われた ⇨ She was said to possess an extraordinary pussy
- 実質成長率と名目成長率 ⇨ Real growth rate and nominal growth rate
- 彼は多くの有名女優と浮き名を流した ⇨ He had been rumored to date many famous actresses
- 被害者の実名は伏せられている ⇨ The real name of the victim is withheld
- 彼の名は天下に轟き渡っている ⇨ His name has been ringing around the world
- 彼は有名監督になる前の下働きが長かった ⇨ He went through many years of understudy before becoming a famous director
- 誰も名乗り出なかったので拾得した人が所有権を得た ⇨ Nobody came out to claim it, so the finder gained the possession
- 名前と住所を記入して下さい ⇨ Please fill out your name and address
- 何故人々は有名人を崇拝するのだろう？ ⇨ Why do people worship celebrities?
- マラドーナは歴史上の名選手の中でも別格と考えられている ⇨ Maradona is considered to be at a different level even among the greatest players in the history