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自称 じしょう jishou

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  1. noun or verb acting prenominally self-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb professing oneself to be; calling oneself; describing oneself as
  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) grammar first person

Kanji in this word

oneself
appellation, praise, admire

Example sentences

彼は財政の専門家であると自称した。
kare ha zaisei no senmon ka de aru to jishou shi ta 。
He claimed to be an expert in finance.
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。
sore kara ma mo naku iku nin ka no sokuryou shi to jishou suru hen na fukusou wo shi ta hito tachi ga shuuraku ni yaxtsu te ki te 、 sobo no koya no mae wo hakaxtsu te iki mashi ta 。
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.
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?
honmono no noirooze no yatsu ga noirooze da nante jishou suru no ka ne ?
Do you think real neurotics really go and call themselves such?

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