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Meaning of 名前負け in Japanese
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名前負け
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Kana Readingなまえまけ
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Romajinamaemake
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name
- Example sentence
- 神様の名前はやっぱりＮＧだと思うよ～。もう名づけた時点で名前負けなわけじゃん。 I think a god's name has got to be out. From the moment the kid's named you know he's not going to be able to live up to it!
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Examples of 名前負け, なまえまけ in a sentence
Kanji in this word
負
JLPT 3
9 strokes
defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
On'Yomi: フ
Kun'Yomi: ま.ける, ま.かす, お.う
名
JLPT 5
6 strokes
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
On'Yomi: メイ, ミョウ
Kun'Yomi: な, -な