名みょう字じ

Usage patterns

• 〈人ひと〉の苗みょう字じが変かわるsomeone's surname changes (e.g. after marriage)

  結けっ婚こんして彼かの女じょの苗みょう字じが変かわった。

  Her surname changed after she got married.

• 苗みょう字じで呼よぶto address someone by their surname

  会かい社しゃでは苗みょう字じで呼よばれることが多おおい。

  At work, people are often called by their surname.

• 苗みょう字じを名な乗のるto go by a certain surname

  彼かれは母はは親おやの苗みょう字じを名な乗のっている。

  He goes by his mother's surname.