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苗みょう字じ

nounnoun (generic)

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みょうじ

Meanings

surname, family name, last name

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Example sentences

あなたの苗字みょうじは何なんですか？

What is your surname?

彼女かのじょの苗字みょうじはとても珍めずらしい。

Her surname is very unusual.

結婚けっこん後ご、彼女かのじょは夫おっとの苗字みょうじに変かえた。

After getting married, she changed her surname to her husband's.

同おなじ苗字みょうじの人ひとがクラスに二人ふたりいるため、名前なまえで呼よぶことにしている。

Since there are two people with the same surname in the class, we have decided to call them by their first names.

日本にほんでは苗字みょうじと名前なまえの順序じゅんじょが欧米おうべいとは逆ぎゃくであることが多おおい。

In Japan, the order of surname and given name is often the reverse of that in Western countries.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)