銘

Meaning

銘 centers on a permanent mark of identity or quality: an inscription carved into metal or stone, or an artisan's signature that guarantees the work. Both senses share the idea of a lasting, identifying mark.

• 銘柄めいがら

  brand; make; description

• 感銘かんめい
  N1

  deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched

• 正真正銘しょうしんしょうめい

  genuine; authentic; true; real

• 銘めい

  inscription; epitaph

• 銘打つめいうつ

  to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label

• 銘ずるめいずる

  to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe

• 座右の銘ざゆうのめい

  favourite motto; pet saying

• 銘菓めいか

  excellent sweet; confection of an established name

• 銘々めいめい
  N2

  each; individual

• 無銘むめい

  unsigned; without a signature

• 銘酒めいしゅ

  famous brand of sake; choice sake

• 銘板めいばん

  nameplate; plaque

• 銘文めいぶん

  inscription

• 銘記めいき

  keep in mind; take note of; remember

• 墓碑銘ぼひめい

  epitaph; inscription on a tombstone

• 銘仙めいせん

  meisen silk

• 上場銘柄じょうじょうめいがら

  listed issue; listed brand

• 信用銘柄しんようめいがら

  marginable stocks

• 刻銘こくめい

  inscription on stone monuments, metal receptacles, etc.; exergue; inscribing

• 墓誌銘ぼしめい

  name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

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