Word Meaning 通称

つうしょう tsuushou

通称 is read as つうしょう (tsuushou) and means popular name.

Meaning

English

popular name
common name
nickname
alias

Reading

Kana

つうしょう

Romaji

tsuushou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 本名,正称 Rank 11662 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

通訳

つうやく

interpretation (i.e. oral translation)

通り魔

とおりま

demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by

通産統計協会

つうさんとうけいきょうかい

International Trade and Industry Statistics Association

通常選挙

つうじょうせんきょ

regular election (triennial election of half of the House of Councillors)

Example Sentences

ここ浄閑寺、通称「投げ込み寺」の墓地には、最後の休息場所を見つけた何千もの遊女、いわゆる「楽しみのための女性」の慰霊碑があり、それは言い知れない哀愁に満ちていて、どういうわけか何度でもここに戻ってきたい気持ちが沸き起こる。

Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.