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    3. 自称

    自称

    自じ称しょう

    self-proclaimed

    KMT7News #15+1Core ConceptsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    じしょう

    Noun, Verb

    1.
    self-proclaimed, self-professed, self-styled, would-be

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    2.
    professing oneself to be, calling oneself, describing oneself as

    Noun

    3.
    first person
    grammar

    Stroke 0 / 16

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    彼かれは自じ称しょうアーティストだ。

    He is a self-proclaimed artist.

    KMT6Core ConceptsArt & Design
    自じ称しょう専せん門もん家かがテレビで意い見けんを述のべていた。

    A self-proclaimed expert was giving opinions on TV.

    KMT7Core ConceptsDaily Life
    その男おとこは自じ称しょうジャーナリストと名な乗のっていた。

    The man introduced himself as a self-proclaimed journalist.

    KMT7Core ConceptsDaily Life
    自じ称しょう天てん才さいと豪ごう語ごする彼かれだが、その実じつ力りょくは未み知ち数すうだ。

    He boasts of being a self-proclaimed genius, but his true ability is unknown.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは自じ称しょう小しょう説せつ家かだが、まだ一いっ作さくも発はっ表ぴょうしていない。

    He's a self-professed novelist, but he hasn't published a single work yet.

    KMT8Core ConceptsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    称
    たた.える・とな.える・あ.げる・かな.う・はか.り・はか.る…(3)
    appellation・praise・admire・name・title…(1)
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