Word Meaning 悪名は無名に勝る

あくみょうはむめいにまさる akumyou ha mumei ni masaru

悪名は無名に勝る is read as あくみょうはむめいにまさる (akumyou ha mumei ni masaru) and means it is better to be infamous than unknown.

Meaning

English

  1. it is better to be infamous than unknown

Reading

Kana

あくみょうはむめいにまさる

Romaji

akumyou ha mumei ni masaru

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 50225 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

悪逆無道

あくぎゃくむどう

treacherous

悪名高い

あくめいたかい

infamous

無名

むめい

causeless

無記名

むきめい

unsigned

有名無実

ゆうめいむじつ

in name but not in reality

無名指

むめいし

ring finger

無名数

むめいすう

abstract number

無手勝流

むてかつりゅう

Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)

名無し指

ななしゆび

ring finger

名無し

ななし

being without a name

有名無名

ゆうめいむめい

well-known and unknown

無悪不造

むあくふぞう

doing as much evil as one wants