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to call; to name
to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...
to purport (to be); to profess; to claim; to pretend; to feign
to praise; to applaud
自らを専門家と称した。
He called himself an expert.
彼は天才と称されている。
He is called a genius.
地元では名人と称する人物がいる。
There is a person called a master locally.