JLPT N5 · な-adjective

有名 (yuumei)

有名 (ゆうめい, yuumei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “famous; well-known”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆうめい
Romaji: yuumei
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

famous; well-known · な-adjective

Example sentences

これは芭蕉の非常に有名な俳句です。

This is a very famous haiku by Basho.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 有名

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	有名だ	ゆうめいだ yuumeida
Present (polite)	有名です	ゆうめいです yuumeidesu
Negative	有名じゃない	ゆうめいじゃない yuumeijanai
Past	有名だった	ゆうめいだった yuumeidatta
Negative past	有名じゃなかった	ゆうめいじゃなかった yuumeijanakatta
Te-form	有名で	ゆうめいで yuumeide
Before a noun	有名な	ゆうめいな yuumeina
Adverb (~ni)	有名に	ゆうめいに yuumeini

Kanji in 有名

有

possess, have, existユウ・ウ・あ.る · 6 strokes

名

name, noted, distinguishedメイ・ミョウ・な・-な · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 有名.

有るあるto be有無うむexistence or nonexistence有効ゆうこうvalid有能ゆうのうable有利ゆうりadvantageous有機ゆうきorganic有料ゆうりょうfee-charging有難いありがたいgrateful有ゆうexistence国有こくゆうnational ownership固有こゆうcharacteristic (of)特有とくゆうcharacteristic (of)所有しょゆうpossession私有しゆうprivate ownership

Source: JMdict entry 1541620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.