Illustration: Outside a neighborhood tofu shop, a familiar elderly shopkeeper turns with an easy smile as people from three directions call to him. A schoolchild cups a hand beside her mouth, a delivery rider raises a greeting, and a neighboring shop owner leans through an open doorway.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

通つう称しょう

tsuushou

common name, alias

Example sentences

名なは研けん、通称つうしょうは研次けんじ。
His name was Ken, he was commonly called as Kenji.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
通称つうしょうは沙羅双樹さらそうじゅの寺てら。
It is commonly known as the Temple of Sal Tree.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
通称つうしょうは屋島大臣やしまだいじんなど。
He was commonly called Yashima-daijin.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 通称

通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす
称appellation; praiseOnショウKunたたえる・となえる・あげる

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