Meaning of 名付ける(なづける) in Japanese

Example Sentences

名付ける, 名づける, なづける used in context

• 神様(かみさま)の名前(な(だ)まえ)はやっぱりＮＧ(エヌジー)だと思う(おもう)よ～。もう名づけた(な(だ)づける)時点(じてん)で名前(な(だ)まえ)負けな(だ)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!

• 家(いえ)では赤味がかった(あかみがかる)髪(かみ)とそばかすのせい(しょい)で、母(はは)が侮蔑(ぶべつ)を込めて(こめる) 「にんじん」と名付け(なづける)、皆(みな)にもそう呼ばせています(よぶ)。

  At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.

• 両親(りょうしん)は赤ん坊(あかんぼう)をアキラと名づけた(なづける)。

  The parents named their baby Akira.

• 木星(もくせい)の周辺(しゅうへん)を回っている(めぐる)もっと小さな(ちいさな)惑星(わくせい)を見て(みる)ケプラーは、外出中(がいしゅつちゅう)の王(おう)の回り(まわり)を取り囲む(とりかこむ)護衛(ごえい)を思いだした(おもいだす)ので、それを衛星(えいせい)と名付けた(なづける)のだ。

  The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.

• 父(ちち)は私(わたし)に和成と名づけた(なづける)。

  Father named me Kazunari.

• 彼女(かのじょ)は叔母(おば)の名(な)をとってアリスと名(な)づけられた(なづける)。

  She was named Alice after her aunt.

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