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銘 kanji
inscription, signature (of artisan)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
メイ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 銘
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鐘銘inscription on a temple bell
- —銘版imprint (on the bottom edge of a sheet of stamps); manufacturer's name
- —銘品(fine) branded item; product of a distinguished brand
- —座右銘favourite motto; pet saying
- —墓碑銘epitaph; inscription on a tombstone
- —銘打つto engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
- —墓誌銘name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph
- —銘酒屋brothel (masked as a seller of high-quality sake)
- —銘々皿small plates for individual helpings of food
- —銘じるto stamp; to engrave; to inscribe
- —銘ずるto stamp; to engrave; to inscribe
- —銘するto stamp; to engrave; to inscribe
- —銘々盆type of tray to serve sweets individually
- —銘柄米brand-name rice
- —銘々膳individual dining table
- —銘入りengraved with the name of the maker (e.g. on a sword)
- —銘々伝biographies of each one (e.g. of the Forty-seven Rōnin)
- —座右の銘favourite motto; pet saying
- —正真正銘genuine; authentic; true; real
- —指定銘柄specified stock