Kanji
Readingみょう
Frequency4%
Used in (61 in total)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
surname; family name; last name
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
proxy; representative
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
name of a god; name of a shrine
great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction
same name; homonym
family name; professional name
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
ambition; aspiration
posthumous Buddhist name
daimyo in the Warring States period
childhood name
assumed name; alias
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha
fame and fortune
Buddha's name (esp. when used in prayer); fame; renown
Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
minor feudal lord
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
common name; popular name; secular name; bad reputation
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryo period); (arch.) alias; (arch.) pseudonym
Buddha's name; annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
pseudonym of a haiku poet
traveling in luxury; travelling in luxury; junket
the 8th month has the least work for farmers
it is better to be infamous than unknown
someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person; actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki)
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
namarupa; name and form
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank
shrine ranking system (ritsuryo system)
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation)
register of believers (at a Buddhist temple); death register; register of reciters of the Buddha's name (in Yuzu Nembutsu)
local fire brigade (Edo period); provincial fire brigade
provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)
nominal holder of an allocated rice field (ritsuryo system)
rice field in the charge of a nominal holder (ritsuryo system)
proof of identity (for nobles, doctors, etc.) (Heian period)