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：2026/01/03
諱
Onyomi
キ
Kunyomi
いみな
Character
Hyōgai
kanji
uncommon
Japanese Meaning
諱: 人の本名、とりわけ生前に用いる真の名で、没後に贈られる諡号（おくりな）などと対比されるもの。転じて、口にするのを忌み避ける名や語。
Easy Japanese Meaning
いきているときのほんとうのなまえ。しんだあとにつけるなまえとはちがう。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
生前所用的本名（名讳），与死后的谥号相对 / 忌讳；避而不言
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
本名（生前所用之名，相對於諡號） / 名諱；人的名字（多指長輩或亡者之名）
Korean Meaning
본명; 실명(특히 생전에 쓰던 이름) / (유교) 선조나 임금의 이름으로, 함부로 부르거나 쓰기를 꺼리는 이름 / 시호에 상대되는 생전의 이름
Vietnamese Meaning
tên huý; tên thật dùng khi còn sống (đối với thụy hiệu) / húy danh; tên kiêng gọi
Tagalog Meaning
tunay na pangalan sa buhay (hindi pangalang postumo) / pangalan na iniiwasang banggitin ayon sa kaugalian
Sense（1）
real
name used during life, as opposed to a posthumous name
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name used during life, as opposed to a posthumous name
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諱
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His real name, used during his life, is his posthumous name.
His real name, used during his life, is his posthumous name.
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彼の諱は、生前に使われた本名です。
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