公こう称しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

officially announce; state publicly; claim officially

As 公称する, used when an organization, maker, authority, or public source states a figure, fact, or status officially; it can sound somewhat formal and may leave room for the stated value differing from the actual one.

• 主しゅ催さい者しゃは来らい場じょう者しゃ数すうを五ご万まん人にんと公こう称しょうしている。

  The organizers officially state the number of visitors as fifty thousand.

• メーカーはこの機き種しゅの最さい高こう速そく度どを時じ速そく二に百ひゃくキロと公こう称しょうした。

  The manufacturer claimed this model's top speed to be 200 kilometers per hour.

noun-modifying (irregular)

nominal; official; declared; rated

Prenominal or compound-like use, especially with figures, capacities, populations, names, specifications, and ratings. 公称値, 公称出力, and 公称人口 refer to the stated or official value, not necessarily the measured actual value.

• このモーターの公こう称しょう出しゅつ力りょくは五ごキロワットです。

  The rated output of this motor is five kilowatts.

• 町まちの公こう称しょう人じん口こうは三さん万まん人にんだが、実じっ際さいにはもっと少すくないらしい。

  The town's official population is thirty thousand, but the actual number seems to be lower.

noun

official name; official designation

A stiff noun use meaning the name or designation used officially, often contrasted with a popular or informal name such as 通称.

• この施し設せつの公こう称しょうは「市し民みん交こう流りゅうセンター」だが、地じ元もとでは「旧きゅう公こう民みん館かん」と呼よばれている。

  The official name of this facility is 'Civic Exchange Center,' but locals call it 'the old community hall.'