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    3. 異名

    異名

    異い名みょう

    another name

    KMT7News #15+1NounLiteratureAnimalsKanji Vocab17 strokes

    いみょういめい

    Noun

    1.
    another name, nickname, alias
    2.
    synonym
    biology

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは「黒くろいい稲な妻ずま」の異い名みょうを持もつ。

    He has the nickname "Black Lightning."

    KMT6Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    その都と市しは「東とう洋ようのパリ」という異い名みょうで知しられている。

    That city is known by the alias "Paris of the East."

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    ライオンは「百ひゃく獣じゅうの王おう」という異い名みょうで恐おそれられている。

    The lion is feared by the alias "King of Beasts."

    KMT7AnimalsNature & Environment
    戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの武ぶ将しょうには、その強つよさを示しめす異い名みょうを持もつ者ものが多おおかった。

    Many warlords in the Sengoku period had aliases that showed their strength.

    KMT7HistoryMilitary
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんでは、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつに象しょう徴ちょう的てきな異い名みょうが与あたえられることがある。

    In literary works, characters are sometimes given symbolic aliases.

    KMT8LiteratureArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    異
    こと・こと.なる・け…(1)
    uncommon・different・queerness・strangeness・wonderful…(2)
    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
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