LingakuFrequency rank: 7,035. – 7,053.
- to name; to call; to christen; to term
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
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- to name; to call; to christen; to term
This word is used when giving someone or something a name, often in a formal or significant context, such as naming a child, a pet, or a new product.
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I think a god's name has got to be out. From the moment the kid's named you know he's not going to be able to live up to it!
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.
4. もくせい木星のしゅうへん周辺をまわっている回っているもっとちいさな小さなわくせい惑星をみて見てけぷらあケプラーは、がいしゅつちゅう外出中のおう王のまわり回りをとりかこむ取り囲むごえい護衛をおもいだした思いだしたので、それをえいせい衛星となづけた名付けたのだ。
The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.
They named the spaceship "Discovery."