Illustration: At a small covered shopping-street performance space, a young violinist plays with assured posture and absorbed concentration. Commuters and shoppers pass without turning their heads, and the few folding chairs remain empty. An open instrument case contains only a couple of coins.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

無む名めい

mumei

unknown, obscure

Example sentences

  1. まだ無名むめいだが実力じつりょくは本物ほんものだ。

    He’s still unknown, but his skills are the real deal.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれの才能さいのうにもかかわらず、彼かれはあいかわらず、無名むめいだ。

    For all his genius, he is as unknown as ever.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 生前せいぜんに無名むめいであった多おおくの偉大いだいな思想家しそうかは、死後しごに名声めいせいを得えた。

    Many great thinkers who were unknown while alive became famous after death.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 無名

  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない
  • 名name; notedOnメイ・ミョウKunな

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