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称える · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	称たたえる	称たたえない
Polite	称たたえます	称たたえません
Past polite	称たたえました	称たたえませんでした
Past	称たたえた	称たたえなかった
Te-form	称たたえて	称たたえないで
Desire	称たたえたい	称たたえたくない
Potential	称たたえられるalso 称たたえれる	称たたえられないalso 称たたえれない
Passive	称たたえられる	称たたえられない
Causative	称たたえさせる	称たたえさせない
Causative passive	称たたえさせられる	称たたえさせられない
Volitional	称たたえよう
Polite volitional	称たたえましょう
Imperative	称たたえろ	称たたえるな
Conditional	称たたえれば	称たたえなければ
Tara conditional	称たたえたら	称たたえなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

praise; extol; hail; laud; celebrate

Used for expressing high praise or admiration, often in formal or literary contexts. Can be used for people, achievements, or qualities.

彼かれの勇ゆう気きを称たたえる声こえが多おおく上あがった。
Many voices praised his courage.
式しき典てんでは、長なが年ねんの功こう績せきを称たたえて表ひょう彰しょう状じょうが贈おくられた。
At the ceremony, a certificate of commendation was presented in honor of his many years of achievement.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の功こう績せきを称たたえるto praise someone's achievements
式しき典てんでは受じゅ賞しょう者しゃの功こう績せきが称たたえられた。
At the ceremony, the award winner's achievements were praised.
〈人ひと〉の勇ゆう気きを称たたえるto praise someone's courage
消しょう防ぼう士しの勇ゆう気きを称たたえる声こえが相つぎ次ついだ。
There were many voices praising the firefighter's courage.
〈人ひと〉を英えい雄ゆうとして称たたえるto hail someone as a hero
彼かれは国こく民みんから英えい雄ゆうとして称たたえられた。
He was hailed as a hero by the nation.
〈事こと〉を称たたえる式しき典てんa ceremony celebrating/honoring something
平へい和わを称たたえる式しき典てんが毎まい年ねん開ひらかれる。
A ceremony celebrating peace is held every year.

Kanji

称appellation, praise, admire
讃praise, title on a picture
賛approve, praise, title or inscription on picture
讚praise, picture title

Related words

褒ほめるN4
褒める is the common, everyday word for praising or complimenting someone, while 称える is more formal and used for public or solemn praise of achievements or virtues.
称しょう賛さん
賞賛する is a formal word meaning to admire or praise highly, closely overlapping with 称える but slightly more common in written reports and speeches.
賛さん美びN1
賛美する carries a stronger sense of reverent admiration (often religious or artistic), whereas 称える is used more broadly for praising people or deeds.
称しょうす
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.
うたうN1
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.

Opposites

けなすN2
けなす means to speak ill of or disparage someone, the opposite of 称える, which means to praise or extol them.

Don't confuse with

湛たたえる
湛える shares the same reading たたえる as 称える but means to be filled with or brimming with something (e.g. a smile), not to praise.

Word family

褒ほめ称たたえる
praise highly; extol; acclaim

Written forms

称たたえるUsage21%
Standard kanji spelling for praising or extolling.
たたえるUsage55%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the intended kanji is not important.
讃たたえるUsage23%
Alternate kanji form; 讃 carries a nuance of praise or commendation.
賛たたえるUsage<1%
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 賛 is not standard for this word.
讚たたえるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 讚 is a traditional variant of 讃.

Etymology

The kanji 称 means 'to praise' or 'to name'. The reading たたえる is of native Japanese origin, likely related to the verb 湛える (to fill, to brim with), suggesting a sense of 'filling with praise'.