"称する" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "称する transitive suru",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "ruby": [
        [
          "称",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsuru",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称し",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "shōshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "称",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称した",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "shōshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "称",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称さ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōseyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称せる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称そう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称さない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称せば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "稱する",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょうする",
        "tr": "transitive",
        "type": "suru"
      },
      "expansion": "称(しょう)する • (shōsuru) transitive suru (stem 称(しょう)し (shōshi), past 称(しょう)した (shōshita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shōsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "称",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "称す"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with する",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              85,
              89
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Ultimately, I think the underlying prejudice is that it is shameful for a husband to take his wife's surname.",
          "ref": "2025 March 26, 仁比聡平, quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 予算委員会 第12号 令和7年3月26日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館, retrieved 10 Jan 2026:",
          "roman": "Senjitsumeru tokoro, otto ga tsuma no uji o shōsuru no wa chijoku da to iu henken ga kontei ni aru no da to omou to.",
          "text": "煎じ詰めるところ、夫が妻の氏を称するのは恥辱だという偏見が根底にあるのだと思うと。",
          "translation": "Ultimately, I think the underlying prejudice is that it is shameful for a husband to take his wife's surname.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "call oneself, go by the name of"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-称する-ja-verb-ElhjH7gu",
      "links": [
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ],
        [
          "go by",
          "go by"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with する",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "claim to be; purport to be; pretend to be, feign"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-称する-ja-verb-oTQH1N~W",
      "links": [
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "purport",
          "purport"
        ],
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ːsɨɾɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "しょーする"
    }
  ],
  "word": "称する"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese literary terms",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 称 read as しょう",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with する",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "称する transitive suru",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "ruby": [
        [
          "称",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsuru",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称し",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "shōshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "称",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称した",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "shōshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "称",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-verbconj-row",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称さ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōseyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称せる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称そう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称さない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōshite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "称せば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しょうせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "稱する",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょうする",
        "tr": "transitive",
        "type": "suru"
      },
      "expansion": "称(しょう)する • (shōsuru) transitive suru (stem 称(しょう)し (shōshi), past 称(しょう)した (shōshita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "shōsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "称",
          "しょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "称す"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              85,
              89
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Ultimately, I think the underlying prejudice is that it is shameful for a husband to take his wife's surname.",
          "ref": "2025 March 26, 仁比聡平, quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 予算委員会 第12号 令和7年3月26日”, in 国会会議録検索システム, 国立国会図書館, retrieved 10 Jan 2026:",
          "roman": "Senjitsumeru tokoro, otto ga tsuma no uji o shōsuru no wa chijoku da to iu henken ga kontei ni aru no da to omou to.",
          "text": "煎じ詰めるところ、夫が妻の氏を称するのは恥辱だという偏見が根底にあるのだと思うと。",
          "translation": "Ultimately, I think the underlying prejudice is that it is shameful for a husband to take his wife's surname.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "call oneself, go by the name of"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ],
        [
          "go by",
          "go by"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "claim to be; purport to be; pretend to be, feign"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "purport",
          "purport"
        ],
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ],
        [
          "feign",
          "feign"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ːsɨɾɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "しょーする"
    }
  ],
  "word": "称する"
}