名うて

Japanese
Kanji in this term
名
な
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
名打て
名打

Etymology

名(な) (na, “name”) + 打(う)て (ute, continuative form of 打(う)てる (uteru))

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) なうて [nàúté] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɯ̟ᵝte̞]

Noun

名(な)うて • (naute) 

  1. famous, well-known
    Synonyms: 名高い (nadakai), 名代 (nadai), 有名 (yūmei), 著名 (chomei), 高名 (kōmei), 知名 (chimei)
    • 1897, 森鴎外, そめちがへ‎, 青空文庫:
      代地(だいち)に名(な)うての待合朝倉(まちあひあさくら)の戸口(とぐち)を開(あ)けて、つと入(い)り来(く)るは四十近(しじふちか)いでつぷり太(ふと)つた男(をとこ)
      Daichi ni naute no machiai Asakura no toguchi o akete, tsuto irikuru wa shijū chikai deppuri futotta otoko
      A stout man of about forty years opened the door of Asakura, the famous teahouse in the substitute land, and swiftly came in.

Usage notes

Also used in a negative sense.

名(な)うての悪党(あくとう) ― naute no akutō ― a notorious villain
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