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    3. 功名

    功名

    功こう名みょう

    great achievement

    KMT10News #42+1Ref L2NounHistoryKanji Vocab11 strokes

    こうみょうこうめい

    Noun

    1.
    great achievement, glorious deed, (gaining) fame, (earning) distinction

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    彼かれは戦せん場じょうで功こう名みょうを立たてた。

    He achieved great deeds on the battlefield.

    KMT10HistoryMilitary
    武ぶ士したちは功こう名みょうを求もとめて戦たたかった。

    Samurai fought seeking glorious deeds.

    KMT10History
    功こう名みょう心しんに駆かられて、彼かれは無む謀ぼうな挑ちょう戦せんをした。

    Driven by a desire for fame, he undertook a reckless challenge.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    織お田だ信のぶ長ながは、数かず々かずの功こう名みょうによって天てん下か統とう一いつの道みちを切きり開ひらいた。

    Oda Nobunaga paved the way for national unification through numerous glorious deeds.

    KMT10History
    歴れき史し上じょうの偉い人じんたちは、その功こう名みょうによって後こう世せいに名 を残のこした。

    Great figures in history left their names for posterity through their glorious deeds.

    KMT10HistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    功
    いさお…(11)
    achievement・merits・success・honor・credit
    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
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