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称する

Reading

Kana: しょうする
Romaji: shōsuru
Kana
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Definitions

vs-s
vt
1

to take the name of; to call oneself

2

to pretend; to feign; to purport

Kanji

称
Readings: ショウ、 たた.える、 とな.える、 あ.げる、 かな.う、 はか.り、 はか.る、 ほめ.る
Meanings: appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame

Example Sentences

私(わたし)は建築(けんちく)を凍結(とうけつ)した音楽(おんがく)と称(しょう)する。
➥I call architecture frozen music.
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放浪者(ほうろうしゃ)、それが金持(かねも)ちならば観光(かんこう)客(きゃく)と称(しょう)せられる。
➥The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.
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それからまもなく幾(いく)人(にん)かの測量士(そくりょうし)と自称(じしょう)する変(へん)な服装(ふくそう)をした人(ひと)たちが集落(しゅうらく)にやってきて、祖母(そぼ)の小屋(こや)の前(まえ)を測(はか)っていきました。
➥Pretty soon along came to the village some strangely dressed people who called themselves surveyors; and they surveyed a line in front of my grandmother's little house.
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彼(かれ)は自(みずか)らを日本(にっぽん)のエジソンと称(しょう)した。
➥He called himself an Edison of Japan.
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これまでアメリカは世界(せかい)の警察(けいさつ)と称(しょう)して武力(ぶりょく)に頼(たよ)った鎮圧(ちんあつ)を続(つづ)けてきました。
➥Up till now America has called itself the world's police and continued suppression relying on military force.
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