名前負け – vocab dash

名な前まえ負まけ

Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name

Kanji used

Pitch accent

なまえまけ

Composed of

name; given name; first name

Noun

defeat; loss; losing (a game); failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

Noun

Examples1

神かみ様さまの名な前まえはやっぱりＮＧだと思おもうよ～。もう名なづけた時じ点てんで名な前まえ負まけなわけじゃん。

I think a god's name has got to be out. From the moment the kid's named you know he's not going to be able to live up to it!