名な取とり

noun

accredited master; licensed performer

Specifically refers to someone who has been granted a professional stage name in traditional Japanese performing arts like Noh, Kabuki, or Japanese dance, signifying a recognized level of mastery.

• 彼かれは去きょ年ねん、名な取とりになって、自じ分ぶんの名な前まえで舞ぶ台たいに立たつようになった。

  He became an accredited master last year and now performs under his own stage name.

noun

fame; popularity; famous person

A less common, somewhat literary usage referring to the state of being famous or a famous person. In modern Japanese, 有名 (ゆうめい) or 有名人 (ゆうめいじん) are far more common.

• その作さっ家かは若わかくして名な取とりを得えたが、その後ご作さく品ひんを発はっ表ぴょうしなくなった。

  The writer gained fame at a young age, but stopped publishing works afterwards.