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I'm not familiar with either word, but just looking at the characters, 達人
would seem to indicate 'accomplished' (ie an accomplished pianist). While 名人
seems more like 'renowned'. Is that a valid assessment?
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word-choice usage vocabulary
I've seen 達人and 名人used to indicate master or expert. What's the difference?
Consider the following:

> 達 as a kanji has the meaning "accomplish", "(to) reach"
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> 名 as a kanji has the meaning "name" or "reputation"

Kanji compounds:

> 達成 : "achievement"
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> 名高い : "famous, celebrated"
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> 威名 : "fame, prestige"

And in Chinese, `名人(míng rén)` has no connotations of skill as far as I know,
it simply means "famous person". `達人(dá rén)` however means "expert" and does
not imply fame.

I would say your assessment is a reasonable one.
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Both 達人 and 名人 are usually associated with skills in Japanese.

達人 means a person who has mastered everything about something by long-time
experience.

名人 usually means a person who has excellent skills.
[Daijisen](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E5%90%8D%E4%BA%BA&dtype=0&dname=0na&stype=0)
also lists another meaning “評判の高い人” (person who is spoken well of), but I
think that the usage without connotation with high skills is rare.
[Daijirin](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E5%90%8D%E4%BA%BA&dtype=0&dname=0ss&stype=0)
does not state the latter meaning.
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