名家
Meanings
distinguished family; good family; reputable family
Refers to a family with a long-standing reputation for excellence, often in a particular field such as arts, scholarship, or business.
He comes from a distinguished family of tea ceremony masters.
great master; expert; authority; eminent person
Used for a person recognized as a leading figure in a field, often with a sense of established reputation.
He is known as an authority on economics.
Meika (historical kuge family rank)
Historical term for a court noble family rank in the kuge hierarchy, positioned above Hanke and below Urinke.
See also: 公家
In the Edo period, Meika was one of the ranks of court noble families.
School of Names (ancient Chinese philosophy)
Historical term for a school of thought in ancient China, also known as the Logicians or Disputers, focused on logic and semantics.
The School of Names was one of the Hundred Schools of Thought in China, emphasizing logic.