な
Meanings
Noun
1. name; given name
2. title
3. fame; renown; reputation
4. pretext; pretense; justification; appearance
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
な
Used in vocabulary (83 in total)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
name; given name; first name
nickname
famous; celebrated; worthy of the name
God's name; Christ's name
self-introduction (of a character)
in name only; titular; nominal
Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); nickname; section of a village
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
putting a name on something (e.g. engraving, printing)
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)
rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; (arch.) bad reputation
unknown; obscure; insignificant
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
remains; traces; vestiges; memory
name plate; name tag; label
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
well-known; fame
alternative name; alternate name; assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity); stage name
(full) name; identity
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
true to one's name; living up to one's name
posthumous name; posthumous title
to name; to call; to christen; to term
popular name; common name; given name
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to gain fame; to make one's name
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself
to be remembered; to go down in history
famous; notorious; noted
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
to have one's name entered (in a list)
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
nameless; anonymous; without name
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
notorious; famous
to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)
well-known; famous
to gain a reputation; to make oneself famous
to become famous; to make a name for oneself
to become famous
rumor of a romance (rumour)
names and natures do often agree
Your Name (2016 animated film)
famous; celebrated; worthy of the name
to be well-known; to be famous
alias; assumed name
to become famous
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play)
self-introduction (of a character)
alias; another name
eponym (person after whom something is named)
to leave one's name; to cement one's name (e.g. in history); to make a lasting mark
address (on an envelope)
to distinguish oneself
to be famous; to be well-known
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
collation of accounts held by the same person (by financial institutions); aggregation of names, addresses, etc.; merging related records
male name; adult name
in the name of justice
childhood name (used prior to one's coming-of-age ceremony)
childhood name (used prior to one's coming-of-age ceremony)
name of a thing; acrostic poem in which consecutive morae form the disguised name of an animal, plant, place, etc.
godparent
secret name; alias
adult name
the worthy will be remembered; (lit.) humans (last) one generation; names (last) forever
store name written on a noren
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
borrowed name
the worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first
country or region name used for people (in the Heian-period court)
Nawa Station (Tottori)
Examples (49 in total)
My name is Yatarou.
My name is Hopkins.
I call your name.