Word Meaning 称する

しょうする shousuru

称する is read as しょうする (shousuru) and means to take the name of.

Meaning

English

  1. to take the name of
  2. to call oneself
  3. to pretend
  4. to feign
  5. to purport

Reading

Kana

しょうする

Romaji

shousuru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 6364 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

称賛

しょうさん

praise

称号

しょうごう

title

名称をつける

めいしょうをつける

to give a name (to something)

名称

めいしょう

name

対称

たいしょう

second person

詐称

さしょう

misrepresentation

通称

つうしょう

popular name

自称

じしょう

first person

尊称

そんしょう

honorific title

愛称

あいしょう

pet name

公称

こうしょう

nominal

敬称

けいしょう

title of honour

Example Sentences

2

Do you think real neurotics really go and call themselves such?

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.