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称する is an exact match with one form of the following word:
称する
BOOST
Reading : しょうする   
suru verb - special class, transitive verb
1. to take the name of; to call oneself
2. to pretend; to feign; to purport
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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称する is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 81,000 (about 3,240,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5379
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 21 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:
わたし
けんちく
建築
とうけつ
凍結
した
おんがく
音楽
しょう
する

I call architecture frozen music.
ほうろうしゃ
放浪者
それが
かねも
金持
ならば
かんこうきゃく
観光客
しょう
される

The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.
しょうする
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 215,000 (about 148,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 21 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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ショウ    title, name   
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small man
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
grain
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