呼び名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呼	名
よ Grade: 6	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
呼名

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞bʲina̠]

Noun

呼(よ)び名(な) • (yobina) 

1. the name by which one is called; a given name or nickname; a style or title
   • 2021 February 19, “Kenkoba, Takeshi kara no yobina ni shokku [Kenkoba, shocked at receiving his name from Takeshi]”, in MyNavi News‎^[1]:

     お笑(わら)い芸(げい)人(にん)のケンドーコバヤシが、 […] ビートたけしからの呼(よ)び名(な)について語(かた)った。 […] 「『ケンコバさん、どうなの?』って言(い)われたとき、まだ俺(おれ)はスタートにも立(た)ててないねんなという。」

     Owarai geinin no Kendō Kobayashi ga, […] Bīto Takeshi kara no yobina ni tsuite katatta. […] ““Kenkoba-san, dō na no?” tte iwareta toki, mada ore wa sutāto ni mo tatetenai nen na to iu.”

     Comedian Kendo Kobayashi talked about receiving his nickname from Beat Takeshi. “When he said, ‘How about Kenkoba?’ I hadn’t really started working yet, you know.”

2. common name, vernacular name; the name by which something is called

   台(たい)風(ふう)の呼(よ)び名(な)

   taifū no yobina

   tropical cyclone name

See also

• 名(めい)称(しょう) (meishō, “name”)
• 名(な)前(まえ) (namae, “name”)
• 通(つう)称(しょう) (tsūshō)