chant, recite, call upon, yell

11 strokesFrequency 1,123JLPT N1Grade 4

On

ショウ

Kun

とな.える

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

chant

Constituents

?day2
?sun2
?tongue wagging2
mouth
day
sun
tongue wagging
prosperous

Mnemonic Stories

Open your mouth and chant for prosperity! Ancient cultures believed that ritual chanting would bring good fortune and abundant harvests.

A mouth that chants brings prosperity - like a business person chanting their sales pitch until they succeed, or a priest chanting prayers until blessings arrive.

Dictionary

Common Words

歌う唄う詠うたう唱うTransitiveGodan verbFreq #1894
1

Intransitive verb

to sing

Examples
ジョンはステージで何を歌いましたか。
What did John sing on the stage?
2

Esp. 歌う, 詠う

to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

唱えるなえTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #3567
1

to recite; to chant

2

to cry; to yell; to shout

Examples
彼は減税を唱えた
He advocated reduction of taxes.
3

to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist

詠唱いしょうNounFreq #8553
1

Music

aria

2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)

合唱っしょうNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #14309
1

singing together; singing in union; chorus

Examples
パーティーは合唱で終わった。
The party ended up with a chorus.
2

ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus

復唱くしょう復誦NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #17745
1

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

Examples
私の後について各文を復唱しなさい。
Repeat each sentence after me.
異を唱えるいをとなえるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #19329
1

to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

提唱いしょうNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #23649
1

advocacy; proposal

Examples
トムは別の案を委員会に提唱した。
Tom suggested another plan to the committee.
唱和ょうわ倡和NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #28037
1

cheering in chorus; saying in unison

暗証番号んしょうばんごう暗唱番号NounFreq #34065
1

personal identification number; PIN; password number

Examples
偽造カードと暗証番号が揃えば、口座にある限りの現金が引き出されてしまう。
If they can get both a forged card and its PIN then all the cash in the bank account will be withdrawn.
大合唱だいがっしょうNounFreq #36537
1

large chorus

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