Word Meaning 並び大名

ならびだいみょう narabidaimyou

並び大名 is read as ならびだいみょう (narabidaimyou) and means actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background.

Meaning

English

  1. actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background
  2. someone who has a title but no real duty
  3. useless person

Reading

Kana

ならびだいみょう

Romaji

narabidaimyou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 45910 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大域名

たいいきめい

global name

並大抵

なみたいてい

ordinary

大名

だいみょう

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

守護大名

しゅごだいみょう

provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)

名門大学

めいもんだいがく

prestigious university

名城大学

めいじょうだいがく

Meijo University

大義名分

たいぎめいぶん

duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

名桜大学

めいおうだいがく

Meio University

なみ

each (e.g. month)

並木

なみき

roadside trees

並行

へいこう

going side-by-side

並び

ならび

line