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名刺

Business Card


Meaning

Business Card

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Take your name and stab someone with it... using your business card. Your business card has your name on it. Also, you "stab" it at people who are willing to take it and read it. Not a real stab, but a metaphorical.


Reading

めいし

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. You haven't learned this reading for 刺 yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you: After doing business in Japan, you'll have so many business cards you can count them like sheep (し) when you're trying to get to sleep. One business card, two business cards… See them leaping over the sheep fence as you begin to nod off.


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 名刺のデザイン

    design of a business card

    名刺の肩書き

    job title on a business card

    名刺のウラ

    back side of a business card

  • 名刺入れ

    business card holder

  • 名刺を出す

    to hand out a business card

    名刺をもらう

    to receive a business card

    名刺を作る

    to make a business card

    名刺をわたす

    to hand someone a business card

Context Sentences

新しい名刺を注文しました。

I've ordered new business cards.

そういえば、新人の名刺を作る必要がありますね。

Come to think of it, we need to make business cards for the new hires, don't we?

あの会社の社長さんから名刺をもらいました。

I received a business card from the president of that company.


Kanji Composition