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    3. 名付ける

    名付ける

    名な付づけ​る​

    to name

    N1KMT8News #27+1CoreVerb, TransitiveFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    名づける

    なづける

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to name, to call, to christen, to term

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かの女じょは猫ねこに「ミミ」と名な付づけた。

    She named her cat "Mimi".

    KMT6Daily LifeAnimals
    両りょう親しんは生うまれたばかりの娘むすめに美うつくしい名な前まえを名な付づけた。

    The parents named their newborn daughter a beautiful name.

    KMT8Family & Relationships
    その現げん象しょうは、発はっ見けん者しゃの名なを取とって「ハッブルの法ほう則そく」と名な付づけられた。

    That phenomenon was named "Hubble's Law" after its discoverer.

    KMT8Science & MathHistory
    子こ供どもに名な付づける際さいは、将しょう来らいを考かんがえて慎しん重ちょうに選えらぶべきだ。

    When naming a child, one should choose carefully, considering their future.

    KMT8Family & Relationships
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの作さく品ひんに、深ふかい意い味みを込こめてタイトルを名な付づけた。

    He gave his work a title with deep meaning.

    KMT8Art & DesignLiterature

    Characters that make up this word

    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
    Kanji
    付
    つ.ける・-つ.ける・-づ.ける・つ.け・つ.け-・-つ.け…(11)
    adhere・attach・refer to・append
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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