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    3. 有名無実

    有名無実

    有ゆう名めい無む実じつ

    in name but not in reality

    KMT9News #27+1Noun, Adjective, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    ゆうめいむじつ

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    in name but not in reality
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 32

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    その規き則そくは有ゆう名めい無む実じつになっている。

    That rule has become a dead letter (in name only).

    KMT6Core ConceptsPolitics & Law
    彼かれの役やく職しょくは有ゆう名めい無む実じつで、実じっ際さいには何なんの権けん限げんもなかった。

    His position was in name only, and he actually had no authority.

    KMT9Business & FinanceWork & Career
    表ひょう面めん上じょうは平びょう等どうに見みえるが、実じっ態たいは有ゆう名めい無む実じつな制せい度どが多おおい。

    On the surface, it appears equal, but in reality, many systems are in name only.

    KMT9Politics & LawCore Concepts
    彼かれの謝しゃ罪ざいは有ゆう名めい無む実じつで、全まったく誠せい意いが感かんじられなかった。

    His apology was in name only, and I felt no sincerity at all.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    形けい式しき的てきな友ゆう情じょうは、有ゆう名めい無む実じつな関かん係けいに過おわぎず、心らずこころは満みたされない。

    Formal friendships are merely relationships in name only, and the heart is not satisfied.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    有
    あ.る…(9)
    possess・have・exist・happen・occur…(1)
    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    実
    み・みの.る・まこと・みの・みち.る…(4)
    reality・truth・seed・fruit・nut
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