代だい名めい詞し

noun

synonym; classic example; byword

Figurative use: something so representative that its name becomes a stand-in for a whole category. Often used in the pattern 「～の代名詞」.

• 富ふ士じ山さんは日本にほんの代だい名めい詞しだ。

  Mt. Fuji is synonymous with Japan.

• 彼かれの名な前まえは努ど力りょくの代だい名めい詞しになっている。

  His name has become a byword for hard work.