称える (たたえる) Japanese meaning | KotomoraFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000称える · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 称える | 称えない |
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| Polite | 称えます | 称えません |
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| Past polite | 称えました | 称えませんでした |
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| Past | 称えた | 称えなかった |
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| Te-form | 称えて | 称えないで |
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| Desire | 称えたい | 称えたくない |
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| Potential | 称えられるalso 称えれる | 称えられないalso 称えれない |
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| Passive | 称えられる | 称えられない |
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| Causative | 称えさせる | 称えさせない |
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| Causative passive | 称えさせられる | 称えさせられない |
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| Volitional | 称えよう | |
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| Polite volitional | 称えましょう | |
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| Imperative | 称えろ | 称えるな |
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| Conditional | 称えれば | 称えなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 称えたら | 称えなかったら |
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彼の勇気を称える声が多く上がった。
Many voices praised his courage.
Usage patterns
〈人〉の功績を称えるto praise someone's achievements
At the ceremony, the award winner's achievements were praised.
〈人〉の勇気を称えるto praise someone's courage
There were many voices praising the firefighter's courage.
〈人〉を英雄として称えるto hail someone as a hero
He was hailed as a hero by the nation.
〈事〉を称える式典a ceremony celebrating/honoring something
A ceremony celebrating peace is held every year.
称す
称す (in its 'praise' sense) and 称える both mean to praise or extol, but 称える is the standard modern word while 称す is archaic in this usage.
称える is the more common, modern word for praising someone, while 謳う carries a more formal, rhetorical flavor often used for public or written praise.
Irregular kanji usage; 賛 is not standard for this word.
讚えるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 讚 is a traditional variant of 讃.
