Word · 単語
称する
Reading しょうする
to call
- 1 to call, to name
- 2 to call oneself ..., to go by the name of ...
- 3 to purport (to be), to profess, to claim, to pretend, to feign
- 4 to praise, to applaud
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例文 · examples
私は建築を凍結した音楽と称する。
I call architecture frozen music.
sense 1 · to call
彼は自らを日本のエジソンと称した。
He called himself an Edison of Japan.
sense 2 · to call oneself ...
これまでアメリカは世界の警察と称して武力に頼った鎮圧を続けてきました。
Up till now America has called itself the world's police and continued suppression relying on military force.
sense 3 · to purport (to be)
放浪者は、金持ちならば観光客と称せられる。
The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.
sense 1 · to call