名目上 – vocab dash

名めい目もく上じょう

Meanings

No-adjective

Adverb

1. nominal; in name (only)

Kanji used

名name 目eye 上above

Composed of

名めい目もく

name; title; appellation; (something) nominal; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

Noun

上じょう

from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; with respect to; in terms of; as a matter of; in view of; so far as ... is concerned; on; above; on top of; …

Suffix

Examples2

彼かれは名めい目もく上じょうでは首しゅ相しょうだが、実じっ際さいはそうではない。

He is prime minister in name, but not in reality.

「でも、俺おれたち兄けい妹まいだろ！」「名めい目もく上じょうではね」

"But we're brother and sisters, aren't we?!" "In name we are."