Illustration: At a hillside overlook, a local walking guide points toward a compact harbor town with a distinctive curved seawall and clustered houses. In the other hand, the guide holds an illustrated map showing that same harbor shape, with a fingertip resting on the corresponding settlement.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

地ち名めい

chimei

place name

Example sentences

  1. その地名ちめいは伝説でんせつに由来ゆらいする。

    The legend gave the name to the place.

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  2. 私わたしはその地名ちめいを思おもい出だせなかった。

    I couldn’t think of the name of the place.

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  3. 登場とうじょうする人物じんぶつ、団体だんたいおよび地名ちめいは実在じつざいするものと一切関係いっさいかんけいありません。

    There is no relation between characters appearing, organisations and places to those that really exist.

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Kanji in 地名

  • 地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
  • 名name; notedOnメイ・ミョウKunな

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