Illustration: In the shared passage between two Japanese houses, one distinctive bobtailed cat sits between two neighbors who have discovered they both know it. Each neighbor bends toward the animal, mouth forming a familiar calling word, and points affectionately at the same cat.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

別べつ名めい

betsumei

another name

Example sentences

  1. ハシナガアナゴという別名べつめいもある。

    This species is also called Hashinaga anago.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 別名べつめい「土佐造とさづくり」とも言いう。

    It is also called 'Tosazukuri.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 別名べつめいは、御普請奉行ごふしんぶぎょう。

    It was also known as gofushin bugyo.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 別名

  • 別separate; branch offOnベツKunわかれる・わける
  • 名name; notedOnメイ・ミョウKunな

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