無む記き名めい

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Meanings

1

unsigned; unregistered; anonymous

Used for documents, ballots, accounts, or other items that lack a name or signature, often implying anonymity or bearer status.

無む記き名めいの投とう票ひょう用よう紙しが配くばられた。
Anonymous ballot papers were distributed.
この口こう座ざは無む記き名めいで開かい設せつできる。
This account can be opened without registration.

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Usage patterns

無む記き名めいで〈動どう詞し〉to do something without giving one's name
無む記き名めいで意い見けんを書かいてください。
Please write your opinion without signing your name.
〈物もの〉を無む記き名めいにするto make (a document, form, etc.) anonymous or unsigned
このアンケートは無む記き名めいにした。
I made this survey anonymous.

Kanji

無nothingness, none, ain't
記scribe, account, narrative
名name, noted, distinguished

Related words

匿とく名めいN1
匿名 emphasizes deliberately hiding one's identity, often for privacy or secrecy, while 無記名 simply means no name is recorded, as on bearer bonds or unsigned forms.
無む名めいN1
無記名 refers narrowly to a document, ballot, or form lacking a written name, whereas 無名 is used more generally for people, works, or things without a known name or fame.

Opposites

記き名めいN1
記名 means to write one's name or sign a document, the direct opposite of 無記名, which means no name is recorded.

Don't confuse with

無む名めいN1
無名 means unknown or unnamed in the sense of lacking fame or reputation, whereas 無記名 is a bureaucratic term meaning no name was written on a document or ballot.

Word family

無む記き名めい債さい権けん
unregistered bond; bearer bond
無む記き名めい投とう票ひょう
secret ballot
無む記き名めい社しゃ債さい
unregistered bond; bearer bond
無む記き名めい預よ金きん
anonymous bank account

Built from

無む+記き名めい

Etymology

Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 記名 (kimei, 'signature' or 'registration'). The word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese formation.