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鳴り物入り

Reading

Kana: なりものいり
Romaji: narimonoiri
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

a flourish of trumpets

Kanji

Readings: メイ、 な.く、 な.る、 な.らす
Meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert

Example Sentence

あの(おとこ)(なものい)物入()りで入社(にゅうしゃ)したけど、実力(じつりょく)のほど看板(かんばん)(いつわ)りなしだったね。
➥He came on board this company with a lot of fanfare and he turns out to have the skill and talent to live up to it.
Full Entry➤