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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

名めい目もく

meimoku

name, nominal status

名目上 means “in name only.” Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは名目めいもく上じょうでは首相しゅしょうだが、実際じっさいはそうではない。

    He is prime minister in name, but not in reality.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 実質成長じっしつせいちょうと名目めいもく成長率せいちょうりつの差さは物価上昇ぶっかじょうしょうを意味いみする。

    Price increases explain the difference between the real and nominal growth rates.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ここに江戸幕府えどばくふによる政権せいけんは名目めいもく上終了じょうしゅうりょうする。

    Here the governance by the Edo shogunate was nominally ended.

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

Kanji in 名目

  • 名name; notedOnメイ・ミョウKunな
  • 目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-

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