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Meaning of 自称 in Japanese
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自称
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Kana Readingじしょう
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Romajijishō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- self-styled; would-be; calling oneself
- Example sentence
- 本物のノイローゼの奴がノイローゼだなんて自称するのかね？ Do you think real neurotics really go and call themselves such?
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Examples of 自称, じしょう in a sentence
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Do you think real neurotics really go and call themselves such?
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He claimed to be an expert in finance.
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それからまもなく幾人かの測量士と自称する変な服装をした人たちが集落にやってきて、祖母の小屋の前を測っていきました。
Pretty soon along came to the village some strangely dressed people who called themselves surveyors; and they surveyed a line in front of my grandmother's little house.
Kanji in this word
称
JLPT 1
10 strokes
appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame
On'Yomi: ショウ
Kun'Yomi: たた.える, とな.える, あ.げる, かな.う, はか.り, はか.る, ほめ.る