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名乗る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
名乗る
BOOST
Reading : なのる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to call oneself (name, label, etc.); to give one's name (as); to impersonate or claim (to be someone)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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名乗る is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 41,000 (about 12,900,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2234
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 22 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かれ
わたし
なの
名乗
すき
あた
えず
はな
はじ
めた

Before I could state my name, he began to talk.
まいにちしんぶん
毎日新聞
きしゃ
記者
なの
名乗
って
しゅざい
取材
した
テレビ
きしゃ
記者
みぶんさしょう
身分詐称
つみ
ならない fragment, headline etc.
A TV reporter claimed to be a Mainichi Shimbun correspondent so as to interview someone. Is it a crime to misrepresent one's social position?
だて
しょうせつか
小説家
なの
名乗
っている
わけではない
I'm not just pretending to be a novelist.
名のる
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Reading : なのる   
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 41,000 (about 12,900,000 results)
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なのる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 105,000 (about 1,620,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 22 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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名告る
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Reading : なのる   
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,600,000 results)
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メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジョウ   load; power   の to board   のせる to load on   
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grain
コク   つげる to announce   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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