称する

• 読み: しょうする
• ローマ字: shousuru
• 漢字の分解: 称 (shō) — call, name, praise, weigh
• 発音: /ɕoː.sɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To call; to name; to style oneself as. To designate or refer to something by a particular name or title.

A する verb (Group 3) that functions in both literary and modern contexts. Used to describe giving a name or title to something, or claiming a title for oneself. Often appears in formal writing, historical texts, and news. Can carry a nuance of self-proclaimed or dubious claims when describing someone's title.

例文

1. 彼は自らを専門家と称している。
2. この地域は日本の台所と称される。
3. 彼はその功績により英雄と称された。

使い方ガイド

場面: formal writing, news, historical texts

トーン: declarative

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 称 (shō), meaning to weigh, measure, or name. Originally from Chinese, where the character depicted a weighing scale, evolving to mean evaluating and naming things.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Professional