称しょうす

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称す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	称しょうす	称しょうさない
Polite	称しょうします	称しょうしません
Past polite	称しょうしました	称しょうしませんでした
Past	称しょうした	称しょうさなかった
Te-form	称しょうして	称しょうさないで
Desire	称しょうしたい	称しょうしたくない
Potential	称しょうせる	称しょうせない
Passive	称しょうされる	称しょうされない
Causative	称しょうさせる	称しょうさせない
Causative passive	称しょうさせられる	称しょうさせられない
Volitional	称しょうそう
Polite volitional	称しょうしましょう
Imperative	称しょうせ	称しょうすな
Conditional	称しょうせば	称しょうさなければ
Tara conditional	称しょうしたら	称しょうさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), suru verb (precursor), transitive verb

call; name

Used for giving a name or label to someone or something. Often appears in the pattern AをBと称す.

See also: 称する

人ひと々びとは彼かれを天てん才さいと称しょうした。
People called him a genius.

godan verb (-su), suru verb (precursor), transitive verb

call oneself; go by the name of

Refers to the name or title one uses for oneself. Common in the pattern ～と称す.

See also: 称する

彼かれは自みずからを詩し人じんと称しょうしている。
He calls himself a poet.

godan verb (-su), suru verb (precursor), transitive verb

purport; profess; claim; pretend; feign

Often implies a false or exaggerated claim. Used when someone asserts an identity, status, or quality that may not be true.

See also: 称する

彼かれは医い者しゃと称しょうして金かねをだまし取とった。
He swindled money by pretending to be a doctor.

godan verb (-su), suru verb (precursor), transitive verb

praise; applaud

Literary or formal use for praising someone's achievements or virtues. Less common in everyday speech.

See also: 称する

彼かれの功こう績せきは大おおいに称しょうされるべきだ。
His achievements should be highly praised.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を〈物もの〉と称しょうすto call/name X as Y
この地ち域いきを古ふるくは「東とう国ごく」と称しょうした。
In old times, this region was called 'Togoku'.
〈人ひと〉と称しょうしてclaiming/posing as someone (often to deceive)
その男おとこは医い者しゃと称しょうして人ひと々びとから金かねを奪うばった。
The man posed as a doctor and swindled money from people.

Kanji

称appellation, praise, admire
稱call, name, brand

Related words

呼よぶN5sense 1
称す is a formal, literary way to name or designate something, while 呼ぶ is the everyday verb for calling or naming.
名な乗のる sense 2
称す (sense 'call oneself') and 名乗る both mean to go by a name, but 名乗る is the common, neutral verb while 称す sounds formal or literary.
自じ称しょう sense 3
自称する and 称す (in its 'claim/pretend' sense) both describe asserting an unverified identity or title, but 自称する is the more everyday, explicit word for self-proclaiming.
称たたえる sense 4
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.

Don't confuse with

唱となえるN1
称す (to call/claim) and 唱える (to recite or chant, e.g. a spell or slogan) share the 'しょう' reading pattern of related kanji but have unrelated meanings.

Word family

称しょうするN1
call; name; designate · call oneself; go by the name of · claim to be; profess; pretend · praise; applaud; commend

Written forms

称しょうすUsage99%
Standard modern spelling for this verb.
稱しょうすUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Kyūjitai form; included for search compatibility.

Etymology

The verb 称す is a classical form that survives in modern Japanese as a literary or formal variant of 称する. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.