じしょう
Jishou
自称 (Jishou) is a Japanese prenominal meaning “self-proclaimed, self-professed, self-styled, would-be”.
Meanings
- prenominalself-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbprofessing oneself to be; calling oneself; describing oneself as
- nounfirst person
Examples
彼は財政の専門家であると自称した。
He claimed to be an expert in finance.
本物のノイローゼの奴がノイローゼだなんて自称するのかね？
Do you think real neurotics really go and call themselves such?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).