"名人" meaning in Japanese

See 名人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [me̞ːʑĩɴ] Forms: 名人 [canonical] (ruby: (めい), (じん)), Meijin [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|めいじん}} 名(めい)人(じん) • (Meijin)
  1. (historical) a title held by the strongest go player in Japan Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-名人-ja-name-En0s1VMt Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 30 30 7
  2. a Japanese go tournament, and the title conferred to its winner
    Sense id: en-名人-ja-name-D0PZ6GFn Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Go Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 45 45 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 47 47 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 47 47 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 2 47 47 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 46 46 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 47 47 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 30 30 7 Disambiguation of Go: 44 56 0 0
  3. a Japanese shogi tournament, and the title conferred to its winner
    Sense id: en-名人-ja-name-4G86gwra Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Shogi Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 45 45 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 47 47 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 47 47 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 2 47 47 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 46 46 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 47 47 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 30 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 30 30 7 Disambiguation of Shogi: 0 0 100 0

Noun

IPA: [me̞ːʑĩɴ] Forms: 名人 [canonical] (ruby: (めい), (じん)), meijin [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|めいじん}} 名(めい)人(じん) • (meijin)
  1. a master, an expert
    Sense id: en-名人-ja-noun-LNeMBJrp Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 30 30 11
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Download raw JSONL data for 名人 meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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