はつめい
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. invention
Adjective (な)
Old-fashioned
2. intelligent; clever; smart
Archaic
Noun
Verb (する)
3. making sense (of something); understanding
Pitch accent
めい
つめい
Composed of
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
new invention (discovery)
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
necessity is the mother of invention
invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention
reinvention
first-to-invent principle (in patent law); first-to-invent system
present invention
invention developed as a result of one's work
Examples (42 in total)
Who invented it?
What a wonderful invention!
Bell invented the telephone.