名乗り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	乗
な Grade: 1	の Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
名乘り (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Likely a compound of 名(な) (na) and 乗(の)り (nori).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なのり [nànóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) なのり [nànórí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠no̞ɾʲi]

Noun

名(な)乗(の)り • (nanori)

(linguistics) nanori, Japanese readings of kanji characters that are used for names of people or places
self-introduction; giving one’s name as introduction

Derived terms

名乗(なの)り出(で)る (nanorideru)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN