Word Meaning 名目

めいもく meimoku

名目 is read as めいもく (meimoku) and means (under the) pretext (of).

Meaning

English

(under the) pretext (of)
pretense
name
title
appellation
(something) nominal

Reading

Kana

めいもく

Romaji

meimoku

Writing Variants

名目みょうもく myoumoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Antonyms 実質 Rank 358 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

名目賃金

めいもくちんぎん

nominal wages

名目経済成長率

めいもくけいざいせいちょうりつ

nominal economic growth rate

名目利子率

めいもくりしりつ

nominal rate of interest

名目主義

めいもくしゅぎ

tokenism

名目的

めいもくてき

nominal

項目名

こうもくめい

item name

名字

みょうじ

surname

名作

めいさく

masterpiece

名物

めいぶつ

famous product

名手

めいしゅ

brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.)

名画

めいが

excellent film

名言

めいげん

wise saying

Example Sentences

「でも、俺たち兄妹だろ！」「名目上ではね」

"But we're brother and sisters, aren't we?!" "In name we are."