Dictionary / Vocabulary / 家名
かめい
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
家名を嵯峨と改姓したのは明治3年でした。
It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.
お父さんの破産は家名の汚れでした。
Father's bankruptcy was a blot on the family's reputation.
松野の家名をけがすことがないようにお願いしますよ。
Please don't do anything that would besmirch the Matsuno family name!