"名家" meaning in Japanese

See 名家 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: 名家 [canonical] (ruby: (めい), ()), Meika [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|めいか}} 名(めい)家(か) • (Meika)
  1. (historical) School of Names Tags: historical Synonyms (distinguished family): 名門 (meimon), 名族 (meizoku) Synonyms (eminent figure): 名士 (meishi), 大家 (taika)
    Sense id: en-名家-ja-name-1VImfLVC 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 redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 18 14 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 15 15 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 17 12 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 45 13 11 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 15 13 29

Noun

Forms: 名家 [canonical] (ruby: (めい), ()), meika [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|めいか}} 名(めい)家(か) • (meika)
  1. distinguished family
    Sense id: en-名家-ja-noun-tnxfWK4b
  2. a kuge family rank, ranking above hanke alongside urinke
    Sense id: en-名家-ja-noun-zHXhTVj4
  3. an eminent figure in some academic or artistic field
    Sense id: en-名家-ja-noun-Sv20FiCC
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        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meika",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "めいか"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "distinguished family"
      ],
      "id": "en-名家-ja-noun-tnxfWK4b",
      "links": [
        [
          "distinguished",
          "distinguished"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "a kuge family rank, ranking above hanke alongside urinke"
      ],
      "id": "en-名家-ja-noun-zHXhTVj4",
      "links": [
        [
          "kuge",
          "kuge"
        ],
        [
          "hanke",
          "hanke"
        ],
        [
          "urinke",
          "urinke"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an eminent figure in some academic or artistic field"
      ],
      "id": "en-名家-ja-noun-Sv20FiCC",
      "links": [
        [
          "eminent",
          "eminent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "名家"
}

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        ],
        [
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        ]
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    },
    {
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
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          "_dis": "46 18 14 22",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "roman": "meimon",
          "sense": "distinguished family",
          "word": "名門"
        },
        {
          "roman": "meizoku",
          "sense": "distinguished family",
          "word": "名族"
        },
        {
          "roman": "meishi",
          "sense": "eminent figure",
          "word": "名士"
        },
        {
          "roman": "taika",
          "sense": "eminent figure",
          "word": "大家"
        }
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "名家",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "名",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "家",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meika",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "めいか"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "distinguished family"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distinguished",
          "distinguished"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a kuge family rank, ranking above hanke alongside urinke"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kuge",
          "kuge"
        ],
        [
          "hanke",
          "hanke"
        ],
        [
          "urinke",
          "urinke"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an eminent figure in some academic or artistic field"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eminent",
          "eminent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "名家"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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  ],
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          "名",
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        ],
        [
          "家",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meika",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "roman": "meimon",
      "sense": "distinguished family",
      "word": "名門"
    },
    {
      "roman": "meizoku",
      "sense": "distinguished family",
      "word": "名族"
    },
    {
      "roman": "meishi",
      "sense": "eminent figure",
      "word": "名士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taika",
      "sense": "eminent figure",
      "word": "大家"
    }
  ],
  "word": "名家"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 名家 meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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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 2025-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (45c4a21 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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