Illustration: At a small neighborhood gardening ceremony, a presenter stands beside an elderly resident whose hands still carry traces of soil.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

称しょうする

shou suru

to call, to name

More formal than 呼ぶ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 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.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 放浪者ほうろうしゃは、金持かねもちならば観光客かんこうきゃくと称しょうせられる。

    The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 幼名ようめいは「おすめ」と称しょうする。

    Her childhood name was "Osume".

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 称

  • 称appellation; praiseOnショウKunたたえる・となえる・あげる

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