改名

かいめい

Also written かいみょう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive, Intransitive name change

Kanji

• 改 reform. Read as カイ.
• 名 name. Read as メイ.

Example sentences

• トムが改名したってほんと？
  Is it true that Tom changed his name?
• 彼は「トム」に改名しました。
  He changed his name to Tom.
• 毎年、改名しています。
  I change my name every year.

Words containing 改名

• 創氏改名 (そうしかいめい) policy that forced Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese names (1939; abolished in 1945)

Word lists

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