Word Meaning 呼称

こしょう koshou

呼称 is read as こしょう (koshou) and means name.

Meaning

English

  1. name
  2. designation
  3. denomination
  4. naming
  5. giving a name

Reading

Kana

こしょう

Romaji

koshou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 14891 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

指差呼称

しさこしょう

pointing and calling (occupational safety method)

称呼

しょうこ

appellation

呼応

こおう

hailing each other

呼吸器

こきゅうき

respiratory organs

呼気検査

こきけんさ

breath test

呼応して

こおうして

in response

呼損率

こそんりつ

blocking ratio

呼和浩特

ふふほと

Hohhot (China)

名称

めいしょう

name

対称

たいしょう

second person

詐称

さしょう

misrepresentation

Example Sentences

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The Meteorological Agency announced the name of the earthquake more than four hours after it had occurred.

Out of consideration to the pig farming industry the name 'pig influenza' has been changed into 'influenza A(H1N1)'.

The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather.

The Sea of Japan naming dispute revolves around efforts to remove 'Sea of Japan' from the world's maps and replace it with 'East Sea'.

The separate names used for female nurses "kangofu" and male nurses "kangoshi", were unified in 2002 into "kangoshi".