家名

かめい

Meanings

1. Noun family name; house name
2. family honour; family honor

Kanji

• 家 home. Read as カ.
• 名 name. Read as メイ.

Example sentences

• 松野の家名をけがすことがないようにお願いしますよ。
  Please don't do anything that would besmirch the Matsuno family name!
• お父さんの破産は家名の汚れでした。
  Father's bankruptcy was a blot on the family's reputation.
• 家名を嵯峨と改姓したのは明治３年でした。
  It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.

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