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Japanese
Alternative spellings
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名打て 名打
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Etymology
名 (na, “name”) + 打て (ute, continuative form of 打てる (uteru))
Pronunciation
Noun
名うて • (naute)
- famous, well-known
- Synonyms: 名高い (nadakai), 名代 (nadai), 有名 (yūmei), 著名 (chomei), 高名 (kōmei), 知名 (chimei)
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- 代地に名うての待合朝倉の戸口を開けて、つと入り来るは四十近いでつぷり太つた男
- Daichi ni naute no machiai Asakura no toguchi o akete, tsuto irikuru wa shijū chikai deppuri futotta otoko
- A stout man of about forty years opened the door of Asakura, the famous teahouse in the substitute land, and swiftly came in.
Usage notes
Also used in a negative sense.
- 名うての悪党 ― naute no akutō ― a notorious villain