名な乗のる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb, transitive verb

give one's name; introduce oneself

Standard use for stating one's name or identity when meeting someone or in formal contexts. Can be used both intransitively and transitively (e.g., ～と名乗る).

• 受うけ付つけで名な前まえを名な乗のってください。

  Please give your name at the reception desk.

• 彼かれは山やま田だと名な乗のった。

  He introduced himself as Yamada.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb, transitive verb

claim to be; call oneself; style oneself

Used when someone asserts a title, role, or identity, often with a nuance of self-proclamation or pretense. Common in patterns like ～を名乗る or ～と名乗る.

• 彼かれは専せん門もん家かを名な乗のっているが、資し格かくはない。

  He calls himself an expert, but he has no qualifications.

• その団だん体たいは平へい和わ主しゅ義ぎを名な乗のっている。

  The group claims to be pacifist.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb, transitive verb

reveal oneself as; admit to being

Used when someone discloses their true identity, often after hiding it. Can carry a dramatic or confessional tone.

• 犯はん人にんは自みずから名な乗のり出でた。

  The culprit came forward and revealed himself.

• 彼かれはついにスパイだと名な乗のった。

  He finally admitted to being a spy.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

adopt as one's name; take a name

Used when someone formally takes or assumes a new name, such as a stage name, pen name, or inherited title.

• 彼かれは師し匠しょうの名なを名な乗のることを許ゆるされた。

  He was allowed to take his master's name.

• 作さっ家かはペンネームを名な乗のっている。

  The writer uses a pen name.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

call out one's wares

Archaic use; referred to street vendors announcing the goods they were selling. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、行ぎょう商しょう人にんは品しな物ものを名な乗のって売うり歩あるいた。

  In the Edo period, peddlers walked around calling out their goods.