Practice JLPTMeaning
名字 (みょうじ, myouji) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “surname,family name”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
あなたの 名字は 何ですか。
What's your surname?
名字の一つ。
a family name.
渡辺が名字です。
Watanabe is my family name.
名字は阿保とも。
His myoji (family name) is sometimes written in different Japanese characters; "
渡辺が 名字です。
Watanabe is my family name.
つづいて首の名字をいう。
Continuing on, the surname of the head was announced.
あなたの 名字はどうつづるのですか。
How do you spell your family name?
名字の由来は、松を寄進したためともいわれる。
It is said that the family name Uematsu derived from pine trees (matsu) that Masanaga donated.
安保" or "阿保."孝高は謀反人の名字を名乗ることをよしとせず、本来の黒田の名字に改めた。
Taking a dim view of having the surname of a rebel, Yoshitaka returned to his original family name of KURODA.
彼は名字帯刀御免の身であった. He was one of those who were permitted to use surnames and wear swords.「この名字を世の真宝となして、さらに福田なし。
」 There is no Fukuden other than recognizing Biku in name only as the treasure of the truth.'