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What is the difference between 「名前【なまえ】」 and 「名称【めいしょう】」？
名前 - used for the name of something?Difference between the many words for son and daughterWhat's the difference between 食品 and 食料Difference between 光る, 輝く, and 光り輝く?Difference between 損害 and 被害What's the difference between 同然 and 同様?Difference between 苗字 and 家名?Difference between まあ and さあDifference between おかあさん and ははおやWhat is the difference between 混ぜる and かき混ぜる?What is the difference between 「いろいろ」and 「さまざま」?
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I am learning the word 「名称【めいしょう】」. According to the dictionary, it means "name", but so does 「名前【なまえ】」. What are the differences in terms of meaning and usage between both words?
I noticed that the entry for 「名称【めいしょう】」 states that it can mean "title", yet I can't figure out how to use the word properly.
よろしくお願いします！
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I am learning the word 「名称【めいしょう】」. According to the dictionary, it means "name", but so does 「名前【なまえ】」. What are the differences in terms of meaning and usage between both words?
I noticed that the entry for 「名称【めいしょう】」 states that it can mean "title", yet I can't figure out how to use the word properly.
よろしくお願いします！
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I always find jisho.org to be very helpful in finding words and also sentences where the words are used.
– JACK
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@JACK just a word of caution, but sentences from Jisho are not necessarily written by, or checked by, native speakers. They come from a third party website that anyone can contribute to.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
@Leebo I agree and assume its the same with all sites.
– JACK
4 hours ago
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@JACK there are plenty of resources with content written by natives. For instance the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese. That's a curated database, so it can't be contributed to by random internet users.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
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I am learning the word 「名称【めいしょう】」. According to the dictionary, it means "name", but so does 「名前【なまえ】」. What are the differences in terms of meaning and usage between both words?
I noticed that the entry for 「名称【めいしょう】」 states that it can mean "title", yet I can't figure out how to use the word properly.
よろしくお願いします！
word-choice synonyms wago-and-kango
edited 56 mins ago
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I am learning the word 「名称【めいしょう】」. According to the dictionary, it means "name", but so does 「名前【なまえ】」. What are the differences in terms of meaning and usage between both words?
I noticed that the entry for 「名称【めいしょう】」 states that it can mean "title", yet I can't figure out how to use the word properly.
よろしくお願いします！
word-choice synonyms wago-and-kango
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related japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/24410/…
– JACK
9 hours ago
1
I always find jisho.org to be very helpful in finding words and also sentences where the words are used.
– JACK
7 hours ago
2
@JACK just a word of caution, but sentences from Jisho are not necessarily written by, or checked by, native speakers. They come from a third party website that anyone can contribute to.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
@Leebo I agree and assume its the same with all sites.
– JACK
4 hours ago
1
@JACK there are plenty of resources with content written by natives. For instance the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese. That's a curated database, so it can't be contributed to by random internet users.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
add a comment |
1
related japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/24410/…
– JACK
9 hours ago
1
I always find jisho.org to be very helpful in finding words and also sentences where the words are used.
– JACK
7 hours ago
2
@JACK just a word of caution, but sentences from Jisho are not necessarily written by, or checked by, native speakers. They come from a third party website that anyone can contribute to.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
@Leebo I agree and assume its the same with all sites.
– JACK
4 hours ago
1
@JACK there are plenty of resources with content written by natives. For instance the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese. That's a curated database, so it can't be contributed to by random internet users.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
1
1
related japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/24410/…
– JACK
9 hours ago
related japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/24410/…
– JACK
9 hours ago
1
1
I always find jisho.org to be very helpful in finding words and also sentences where the words are used.
– JACK
7 hours ago
I always find jisho.org to be very helpful in finding words and also sentences where the words are used.
– JACK
7 hours ago
2
2
@JACK just a word of caution, but sentences from Jisho are not necessarily written by, or checked by, native speakers. They come from a third party website that anyone can contribute to.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
@JACK just a word of caution, but sentences from Jisho are not necessarily written by, or checked by, native speakers. They come from a third party website that anyone can contribute to.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
@Leebo I agree and assume its the same with all sites.
– JACK
4 hours ago
@Leebo I agree and assume its the same with all sites.
– JACK
4 hours ago
1
1
@JACK there are plenty of resources with content written by natives. For instance the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese. That's a curated database, so it can't be contributed to by random internet users.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
@JACK there are plenty of resources with content written by natives. For instance the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese. That's a curated database, so it can't be contributed to by random internet users.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
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The differences come from the fact that:
「名前なまえ」 is an originally Japanese word while
「名称めいしょう」 is a Sino-loanword.
Formality:
For the reason above, 「名称」 is more formal, academic and technical than 「名前」. Think about "chat" vs "conversation", "deep" vs. "profound", etc. in English. In both Japanese and English, the big words have mostly come from "somewhere else".
Meanings:
「名称」 means the name of a thing or organization -- almost anything, really. The only thing it does not mean is a personal name.
「名前」 can mean any kind of name including personal names.
For the particular meaning of "personal name", we use 「氏名しめい」 to sound more formal. We never use 「名称」 for that purpose.
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The differences come from the fact that:
「名前なまえ」 is an originally Japanese word while
「名称めいしょう」 is a Sino-loanword.
Formality:
For the reason above, 「名称」 is more formal, academic and technical than 「名前」. Think about "chat" vs "conversation", "deep" vs. "profound", etc. in English. In both Japanese and English, the big words have mostly come from "somewhere else".
Meanings:
「名称」 means the name of a thing or organization -- almost anything, really. The only thing it does not mean is a personal name.
「名前」 can mean any kind of name including personal names.
For the particular meaning of "personal name", we use 「氏名しめい」 to sound more formal. We never use 「名称」 for that purpose.
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The differences come from the fact that:
「名前なまえ」 is an originally Japanese word while
「名称めいしょう」 is a Sino-loanword.
Formality:
For the reason above, 「名称」 is more formal, academic and technical than 「名前」. Think about "chat" vs "conversation", "deep" vs. "profound", etc. in English. In both Japanese and English, the big words have mostly come from "somewhere else".
Meanings:
「名称」 means the name of a thing or organization -- almost anything, really. The only thing it does not mean is a personal name.
「名前」 can mean any kind of name including personal names.
For the particular meaning of "personal name", we use 「氏名しめい」 to sound more formal. We never use 「名称」 for that purpose.
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The differences come from the fact that:
「名前なまえ」 is an originally Japanese word while
「名称めいしょう」 is a Sino-loanword.
Formality:
For the reason above, 「名称」 is more formal, academic and technical than 「名前」. Think about "chat" vs "conversation", "deep" vs. "profound", etc. in English. In both Japanese and English, the big words have mostly come from "somewhere else".
Meanings:
「名称」 means the name of a thing or organization -- almost anything, really. The only thing it does not mean is a personal name.
「名前」 can mean any kind of name including personal names.
For the particular meaning of "personal name", we use 「氏名しめい」 to sound more formal. We never use 「名称」 for that purpose.
answered 4 hours ago
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The differences come from the fact that:
「名前なまえ」 is an originally Japanese word while
「名称めいしょう」 is a Sino-loanword.
Formality:
For the reason above, 「名称」 is more formal, academic and technical than 「名前」. Think about "chat" vs "conversation", "deep" vs. "profound", etc. in English. In both Japanese and English, the big words have mostly come from "somewhere else".
Meanings:
「名称」 means the name of a thing or organization -- almost anything, really. The only thing it does not mean is a personal name.
「名前」 can mean any kind of name including personal names.
For the particular meaning of "personal name", we use 「氏名しめい」 to sound more formal. We never use 「名称」 for that purpose.
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– JACK
9 hours ago
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I always find jisho.org to be very helpful in finding words and also sentences where the words are used.
– JACK
7 hours ago
2
@JACK just a word of caution, but sentences from Jisho are not necessarily written by, or checked by, native speakers. They come from a third party website that anyone can contribute to.
– Leebo
4 hours ago
@Leebo I agree and assume its the same with all sites.
– JACK
4 hours ago
1
@JACK there are plenty of resources with content written by natives. For instance the Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese. That's a curated database, so it can't be contributed to by random internet users.
– Leebo
4 hours ago