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JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

appellation
praise
admire
name
title
fame

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ă‚·ăƒ§ă‚Š
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
たた.える
ずăȘ.える
あ.げる
かăȘ.う
はか.り
はか.る
ほめ.る
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
ね

Common Words

èȘ‰ă‚ă‚‹
ほめる
èłžă‚ă‚‹
称める
èźƒă‚ă‚‹
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #1543
1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

Examples
ヘレンはみんăȘă«ă»ă‚ă‚‰ă‚ŒăŠéĄ”ă‚’è”€ăă—ăŸă€‚
Helen blushed at their praise.
しょうする
Transitive
Freq #5069
1

Suru verb - special class

to call; to name

Examples
私はć»șçŻ‰ă‚’ć‡ç”ă—ăŸéŸłæ„œăšç§°ă™ă‚‹ă€‚
I call architecture frozen music.
2

Suru verb - special class

to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...

Examples
ćœŒăŻè‡Șă‚‰ă‚’æ—„æœŹăźă‚šă‚žă‚œăƒłăšç§°ă—ăŸă€‚
He called himself an Edison of Japan.
3

Suru verb - special class

to purport (to be); to profess; to claim; to pretend; to feign

4

Suru verb - special class

to praise; to applaud

じしょう
Freq #6909
1

Noun or verb acting prenominally

self-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be

Examples
ćœŒăŻèČĄæ”żăźć°‚é–€ćź¶ă§ă‚ă‚‹ăšè‡Ș称した。
He claimed to be an expert in finance.
2

Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

professing oneself to be; calling oneself; describing oneself as

Examples
ăă‚Œă‹ă‚‰ăŸă‚‚ăȘくćčŸäșșă‹ăźæžŹé‡ćŁ«ăšè‡Ș称する怉ăȘæœèŁ…ă‚’ă—ăŸäșșăŸăĄăŒé›†èœă«ă‚„ăŁăŠăăŠă€ç„–æŻăźć°ć±‹ăźć‰ă‚’æžŹăŁăŠă„ăăŸă—ăŸă€‚
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.
3

Common noun; Grammar

first person

぀うしょう
ïœžă™ă‚‹ Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #6919
1

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

めいしょう
Noun
Freq #7731
1

name; title

Examples
ă“ăźäŒšăźćç§°ăŻïŒ„ïŒŽïŒłïŒŽïŒłïŒŽăšă™ă‚‹ă€‚
This association shall be called the E.S.S.
しょうごう
Noun
Freq #8536
1

title; name; degree

Examples
ăƒ•ăƒ©ăƒłă‚Żă‚čé™žè»ć€§ć°†ăŒăƒŠă‚€ăƒˆçˆ”äœăźćèȘ‰ç§°ć·ă‚’æŽˆă‹ă‚ŠăŸă—ăŸă€‚
General Franks received an honorary knighthood.
ç§°èł›
しょうさん
èłžèźƒ
ç§°èźƒ
ïœžă™ă‚‹ Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #9660
1

praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause

Examples
ă“ăźæœŹăŻèłžèł›ă«ć€€ă™ă‚‹ă€‚
This book is worthy of praise.
èźƒăˆă‚‹
たたえる
èł›ăˆă‚‹
èźšăˆă‚‹
Transitive
Ichidan verb
Freq #13360
1

to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

Examples
äșș々はみăȘćœŒăźè‹±é›„çš„èĄŒç‚șをたたえた。
Everybody praised his heroism.
こしょう
ïœžă™ă‚‹ Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #14257
1

name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name

あいしょう
Noun
Freq #14845
1

pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment

Examples
ç§ăŸăĄăŻćœŒć„łă‚’ă€Œă‚ąăƒłă€ăšă„ă†æ„›ç§°ă§ć‘Œă‚“ă ă€‚
We nicknamed her "Ann".
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