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自称 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
自称
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Reading : じしょう   
1. self-alleged; self-proclaimed; calling oneself; self-styled; would-be
noun
2. first person  (law, etc. term)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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自称 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 used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 67,500,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5065
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 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
ざいせい
財政
せんもんか
専門家
である
じしょう
自称
した

He claimed to be an expert in finance.
ほんもの
本物
ノイローゼ
やつ
ノイローゼなんて
じしょう
自称
する

Do you think real neurotics really go and call themselves such?
それからまもなく
いくにん
幾人
そくりょうし
測量士
じしょう
自称
する
へん
ふくそう
服装
した
ひと
たち
しゅうらく
集落
やってきて
そぼ
祖母
こや
小屋
まえ
はか
っていきました

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.
じしょう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 22,000 (about 28,400,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 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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ジ   シ   みずか self   
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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