Hanamaruhanamaru

なまえ

名前

name

namae

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#345

Meanings

  1. 1
    namen
  2. 2
    given name; first namen

JMdict 1531710

In a sentence

おなまえお名前name

What is your name?

How it works

A clipped, polite question. ((polite prefix)) dresses up 名前なまえ (name) to sound courteous, and (topic) raises it as the topic — “as for your name…”. The verb and copula are simply left off; the trailing (topic) plus a rising tone is enough to ask “what is it?”.

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