Meaning

Primary

Proper Noun

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

A noun (名詞) that has hardness is a noun that can't be budged. It's a big noun, so big that you have to capitalize these kinds of nouns in English. It is a proper noun.

Reading

こゆうめいし
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. It will help to know the word 名詞 as well.

Context

Context Sentences

しりとりに固有名詞は使えません。

You can’t use proper nouns in the game Shiritori.

固有名詞と名詞はどうちがいますか。

How are proper nouns different from nouns?

分からない単語を辞書で一生懸命探してたんだけど、見つからないと思ったら、固有名詞だった。

I eagerly looked up a word that I didn't recognize in the dictionary, but couldn't find it and it turned out it was just a proper noun.

Kanji Composition